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The Moon on Tuesday, June 26, 1973: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on June 26, 1973Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 June 1973367,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 26, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
367,968 km228,645 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Tuesday, June 26, 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.