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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on June 12, 1979Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 June 1979366,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
366,631 km227,814 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 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.