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The Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1973: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on June 27, 1973Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 June 1973363,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 27, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
363,293 km225,740 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Wednesday, June 27, 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.