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The Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on June 14, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 June 1978389,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 14, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
389,494 km242,020 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 13, 197822:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 20, 197820:31

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Wednesday, June 14, 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.