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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1978: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on June 28, 1978Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 June 1978387,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
387,084 km240,523 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 27, 197811:44
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 5, 197809:51

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 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.