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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on June 8, 1978Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 June 1978406,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
406,099 km252,338 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 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.