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The Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on June 14, 1979Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 June 1979366,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 14, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
366,251 km227,578 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Thursday, June 14, 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.