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The Moon on Friday, June 1, 1973: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

New Moon at

04:34UTC

Moon phase on June 1, 1973New Moon

Friday 1 June 1973357,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 1, 1973, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
357,574 km222,186 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 25, 197308:40
New Moon (this day)Friday, June 1, 197304:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 7, 197321:11

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Friday, June 1, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 1973 to the new moon of June 30, 1973, a cycle of 29.29 days.