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The Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1978: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on June 29, 1978Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 June 1978391,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 29, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
391,974 km243,561 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Thursday, June 29, 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.