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The Moon on Monday, January 7, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on January 7, 1980Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 January 1980404,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 7, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
404,292 km251,216 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1980 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 2, 198009:02
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 10, 198011:50

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Monday, January 7, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1979 to the new moon of January 17, 1980, a cycle of 29.54 days.