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The Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1979: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on June 19, 1979Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 June 1979378,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 19, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
378,282 km235,053 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1979 is on Sunday, June 10, 1979 at 11:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Tuesday, June 19, 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.