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The Moon on Monday, June 4, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on June 4, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 June 1979399,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 4, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
399,386 km248,167 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Monday, June 4, 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.