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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on June 12, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 June 1973402,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
402,661 km250,202 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 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.