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The Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on June 24, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 June 1980397,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 24, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
397,993 km247,301 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Tuesday, June 24, 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.