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The Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on January 22, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 January 1980366,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 22, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
366,919 km227,993 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 17, 198021:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 24, 198013:58

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Tuesday, January 22, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1980 to the new moon of February 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.48 days.