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The Moon on Monday, June 19, 1978: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on June 19, 1978Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 June 1978361,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 19, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
361,394 km224,560 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 5, 1978 at 19:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Monday, June 19, 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.