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The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1977: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on June 15, 1977Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 June 1977406,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
406,237 km252,424 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1977 is on Wednesday, June 1, 1977 at 20:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 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.