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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1977: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on June 5, 1977Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 June 1977370,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
370,008 km229,912 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.