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The Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1981: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

First Quarter at

11:33UTC

Moon phase on June 9, 1981First Quarter

Tuesday 9 June 1981394,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 9, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
394,596 km245,190 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 9, 198111:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 17, 198115:05

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Tuesday, June 9, 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.