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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 1980: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

First Quarter at

13:58UTC

Moon phase on January 24, 1980First Quarter

Thursday 24 January 1980373,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
373,621 km232,157 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 17, 198021:20
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 24, 198013:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 1, 198002:21

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.