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The Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 January 1980391,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 29, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
391,914 km243,524 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Tuesday, January 29, 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.