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The Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1980: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Last Quarter at

11:50UTC

Moon phase on January 10, 1980Last Quarter

Thursday 10 January 1980401,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 10, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
401,752 km249,637 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1980 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 2, 198009:02
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 10, 198011:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 17, 198021:20

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Thursday, January 10, 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.