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The Moon on Saturday, June 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on June 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 June 1981405,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
405,593 km252,024 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 13, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 13

More about this date

Saturday, June 13, 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.