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The Moon on Monday, June 18, 1979: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on June 18, 1979Waning Crescent

Monday 18 June 1979375,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 18, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.8% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
375,134 km233,097 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Monday, June 18, 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.