Daily lunar detail

June 1979 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a First Quarter and closes with a Waxing Crescent. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

First QuarterJune 2, 1979 at 10:38 PM UTC
Full MoonJune 10, 1979 at 11:55 AM UTC
Last QuarterJune 17, 1979 at 5:01 AM UTC
New MoonJune 24, 1979 at 11:58 AM UTC

The lunar story of June 1979

New Moon occurs June 24, 1979. Full Moon occurs June 10, 1979. The first major event is First Quarter on June 2, 1979, and the month progresses from 37% to 30% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.