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The Moon on Monday, June 22, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on June 22, 1981Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 June 1981385,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 22, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
385,098 km239,289 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Monday, June 22, 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.