Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on June 3, 1981Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 June 1981361,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 3, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
361,771 km224,794 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 9, 198111:33

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Wednesday, June 3, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1981 to the new moon of July 1, 1981, a cycle of 29.31 days.