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The Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1972Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 June 1972381,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 15, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
381,569 km237,096 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 11, 197211:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 18, 197215:41

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Thursday, June 15, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1972 to the new moon of July 10, 1972, a cycle of 29.34 days.