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The Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on June 13, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 June 1973404,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 13, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,574 km251,390 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Wednesday, June 13, 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.