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The Moon on Friday, June 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on June 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 June 1981395,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
395,810 km245,945 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 19, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 17, 198115:05
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 25, 198104:25

The Moon around June 19

More about this date

Friday, June 19, 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.