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The Moon on Friday, June 8, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on June 8, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 June 1979380,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 8, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
380,618 km236,505 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 26, 1979 at 00:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Friday, June 8, 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.