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The Moon on Monday, June 18, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on June 18, 1973Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 June 1973403,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 18, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
403,615 km250,794 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Monday, June 18, 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.