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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1973: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Last Quarter at

19:45UTC

Moon phase on June 23, 1973Last Quarter

Saturday 23 June 1973384,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 1973, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
384,706 km239,045 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 15, 197320:35
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, June 23, 197319:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 30, 197311:39

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 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.