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The Moon on Wednesday, June 13, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on June 13, 1979Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 June 1979365,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 13, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
365,881 km227,348 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Wednesday, June 13, 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.