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The Moon on Friday, June 27, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on June 27, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 June 1980385,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 27, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
385,762 km239,701 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Friday, June 27, 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.