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The Moon on Friday, June 22, 1973: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 1973Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 June 1973389,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 22, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
389,890 km242,266 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Friday, June 22, 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.