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The Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on June 7, 1981Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 June 1981383,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 7, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
383,395 km238,231 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Sunday, June 7, 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.