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The Moon on Thursday, June 19, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on June 19, 1980Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 June 1980402,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
402,261 km249,953 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Thursday, June 19, 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.