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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1973: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on June 3, 1973Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 June 1973360,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,942 km224,279 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 1, 197304:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 7, 197321:11

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 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.