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The Moon on Monday, June 11, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on June 11, 1979Waning Gibbous

Monday 11 June 1979368,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 11, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
368,584 km229,027 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 10, 197911:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 17, 197905:01

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Monday, June 11, 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.