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The Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on June 3, 1972Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 June 1972382,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 3, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
382,895 km237,920 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 28, 197204:28
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 4, 197221:22

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Saturday, June 3, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.