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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on June 16, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 June 1978377,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
377,330 km234,462 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 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.