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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on June 5, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 June 1979395,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
395,515 km245,761 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 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.