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The Moon on Thursday, January 31, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 January 1980398,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 31, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
398,003 km247,308 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Thursday, January 31, 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.