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The Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on June 15, 1980Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 June 1980386,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 15, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
386,374 km240,082 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 12, 198020:38
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 20, 198012:32

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Sunday, June 15, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 1980 to the new moon of July 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.