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The Moon on Friday, June 15, 1979: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on June 15, 1979Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 June 1979367,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 15, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
367,570 km228,397 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Friday, June 15, 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.