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The Moon on Friday, June 29, 1973: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 29, 1973Waning Crescent

Friday 29 June 1973357,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 29, 1973, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
357,993 km222,446 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1973 is on Friday, June 15, 1973 at 20:35 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 30, 1973 at 11:39 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Friday, June 29, 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.