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The Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on June 14, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 June 1973405,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 14, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,749 km252,121 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 1, 1973 at 04:34 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Thursday, June 14, 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.