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The Moon on Tuesday, June 30, 1981: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 30, 1981Waning Crescent

Tuesday 30 June 1981362,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 30, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
362,704 km225,374 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1981 is on Wednesday, June 17, 1981 at 15:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Tuesday, June 30, 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.