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The Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on June 8, 1974Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 June 1974404,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 8, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
404,818 km251,542 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Saturday, June 8, 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.