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The Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on June 2, 1977Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 June 1977357,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 2, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
357,802 km222,328 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 1, 197720:31
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 8, 197715:07

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Thursday, June 2, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.