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The Moon on Friday, June 9, 1972: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on June 9, 1972Waning Crescent

Friday 9 June 1972360,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 9, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
360,601 km224,067 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 4, 197221:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 11, 197211:30

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Friday, June 9, 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.