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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1981Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 June 1981381,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
381,059 km236,779 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 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.