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The Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on June 20, 1973Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 June 1973398,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 20, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
398,277 km247,478 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Wednesday, June 20, 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.