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The Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1980: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

New Moon at

20:38UTC

Moon phase on June 12, 1980New Moon

Thursday 12 June 1980372,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 12, 1980, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
372,994 km231,768 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 6, 198002:53
New Moon (this day)Thursday, June 12, 198020:38
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 20, 198012:32

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Thursday, June 12, 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.