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The Moon on Wednesday, June 11, 1980: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 11, 1980Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 June 1980370,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 11, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
370,016 km229,917 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 6, 198002:53
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 12, 198020:38

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Wednesday, June 11, 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.