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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on June 3, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 June 1979402,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
402,218 km249,926 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 2, 197922:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 10, 197911:55

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1979 to the new moon of June 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.50 days.