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The Moon on Friday, June 8, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on June 8, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 June 1973387,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 8, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
387,161 km240,570 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 7, 197321:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 15, 197320:35

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Friday, June 8, 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.