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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1979: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Last Quarter at

05:01UTC

Moon phase on June 17, 1979Last Quarter

Sunday 17 June 1979372,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1979, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
372,206 km231,278 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 10, 197911:55
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, June 17, 197905:01
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 24, 197911:58

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.