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The Moon on Friday, June 6, 1980: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Last Quarter at

02:53UTC

Moon phase on June 6, 1980Last Quarter

Friday 6 June 1980369,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 6, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
369,956 km229,880 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 29, 198021:28
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, June 6, 198002:53
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 12, 198020:38

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Friday, June 6, 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.