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The Moon on Monday, June 26, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on June 26, 1978Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 June 1978376,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 26, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
376,026 km233,652 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 20, 197820:31
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 27, 197811:44

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Monday, June 26, 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.