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The Moon on Thursday, June 26, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on June 26, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 June 1980390,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 26, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
390,039 km242,359 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Thursday, June 26, 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.