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The Moon on Saturday, June 10, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on June 10, 1978Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 June 1978404,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 10, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
404,659 km251,443 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Saturday, June 10, 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.