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The Moon on Friday, June 30, 1978: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on June 30, 1978Waning Crescent

Friday 30 June 1978396,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 30, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
396,207 km246,192 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Friday, June 30, 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.