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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 1981: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on June 27, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 June 1981365,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
365,816 km227,308 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 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.