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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 1974Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 June 1974399,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
399,804 km248,427 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 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.