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The Moon on Monday, June 1, 1981: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 1, 1981Waning Crescent

Monday 1 June 1981358,475 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 1, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
358,475 km222,746 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 26, 198121:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Monday, June 1, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.