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The Moon on Sunday, June 11, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on June 11, 1978Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 June 1978402,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 11, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
402,422 km250,053 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Sunday, June 11, 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.