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The Moon on Monday, February 4, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on February 4, 1980Waning Gibbous

Monday 4 February 1980405,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 4, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,434 km251,925 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Monday, February 4, 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.