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The Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on June 7, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 June 1979385,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 7, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
385,770 km239,706 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Thursday, June 7, 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.