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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1977: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on June 12, 1977Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 June 1977404,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
404,024 km251,049 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 8, 197715:07
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 16, 197718:23

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 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.