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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on June 17, 1973Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 June 1973405,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,172 km251,762 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 15, 197320:35
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 23, 197319:45

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.