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The Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on June 7, 1978Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 June 1978405,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 7, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
405,507 km251,970 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 5, 197819:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 13, 197822:44

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Wednesday, June 7, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1978 to the new moon of July 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.62 days.