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The Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1973: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on June 24, 1973Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 June 1973379,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 24, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
379,106 km235,565 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 23, 197319:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 30, 197311:39

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Sunday, June 24, 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.