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The Moon on Monday, June 2, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on June 2, 1980Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 June 1980380,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 2, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
380,372 km236,352 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 29, 198021:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 6, 198002:53

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Monday, June 2, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1980 to the new moon of June 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.36 days.