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The Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 June 1980395,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 17, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
395,754 km245,910 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Tuesday, June 17, 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.