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The Moon on Tuesday, June 13, 1978: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

First Quarter at

22:44UTC

Moon phase on June 13, 1978First Quarter

Tuesday 13 June 1978394,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 13, 1978, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
394,753 km245,288 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 5, 197819:02
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 13, 197822:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 20, 197820:31

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Tuesday, June 13, 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.