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The Moon on Monday, June 15, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 June 1981404,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 15, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
404,936 km251,615 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Monday, June 15, 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.