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The Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on June 3, 1980Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 June 1980377,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 3, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
377,349 km234,474 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Tuesday, June 3, 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.