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The Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1973: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

First Quarter at

21:11UTC

Moon phase on June 7, 1973First Quarter

Thursday 7 June 1973381,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 7, 1973, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
381,622 km237,129 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 1, 197304:34
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 7, 197321:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 15, 197320:35

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Thursday, June 7, 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.