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The Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 3, 1980Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 February 1980404,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 3, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
404,486 km251,336 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 1, 198002:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 9, 198007:35

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Sunday, February 3, 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.