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The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on June 28, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 June 1974384,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
384,999 km239,227 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1974 is on Thursday, July 4, 1974 at 12:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 20, 1974 at 04:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 26, 197419:20
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 4, 197412:41

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1974 to the new moon of July 19, 1974, a cycle of 29.30 days.