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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1974Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 June 1974401,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
401,506 km249,484 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 4, 197422:10
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 13, 197401:45

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1974 to the new moon of June 20, 1974, a cycle of 29.35 days.