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The Moon on Friday, June 30, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on June 30, 1972Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 June 1972384,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 30, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
384,019 km238,618 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 26, 197218:46
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 4, 197203:26

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Friday, June 30, 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.