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The Moon on Thursday, June 1, 1978: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on June 1, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 June 1978389,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 1, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
389,979 km242,322 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1978 is on Monday, May 22, 1978 at 13:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 29, 197803:30
New Moon (after)Monday, June 5, 197819:02

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Thursday, June 1, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1978 to the new moon of June 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.59 days.