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The Moon on Friday, June 12, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 June 1981404,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 12, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,484 km251,334 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Friday, June 12, 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.