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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on June 21, 1973Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 June 1973394,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
394,451 km245,100 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 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.