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The Moon on Friday, January 25, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on January 25, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 January 1980377,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 25, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
377,427 km234,522 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 24, 198013:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 1, 198002:21

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Friday, January 25, 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.