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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1977: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on June 18, 1977Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 June 1977401,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
401,978 km249,778 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 16, 197718:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 24, 197712:44

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1977 to the new moon of July 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.59 days.