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The Moon on Monday, June 12, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on June 12, 1978Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 June 1978399,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 12, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
399,107 km247,993 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Monday, June 12, 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.