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The Moon on Friday, June 29, 1979: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on June 29, 1979Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 June 1979405,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 29, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
405,044 km251,683 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1979 is on Monday, July 9, 1979 at 19:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 24, 1979 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 24, 197911:58
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 2, 197915:24

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Friday, June 29, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1979 to the new moon of July 24, 1979, a cycle of 29.57 days.