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The Moon on Friday, June 26, 1981: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on June 26, 1981Waning Crescent

Friday 26 June 1981369,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 26, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,035 km229,308 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 25, 198104:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 1, 198119:03

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Friday, June 26, 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.