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The Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1978: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Last Quarter at

11:44UTC

Moon phase on June 27, 1978Last Quarter

Tuesday 27 June 1978381,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 27, 1978, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
381,686 km237,168 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 20, 197820:31
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 27, 197811:44
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 5, 197809:51

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Tuesday, June 27, 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.