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The Moon on Monday, June 23, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 June 1980401,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 23, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
401,062 km249,208 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 20, 198012:32
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 28, 198009:02

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Monday, June 23, 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.