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The Moon on Monday, June 29, 1981: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on June 29, 1981Waning Crescent

Monday 29 June 1981362,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
362,386 km225,176 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Monday, June 29, 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.