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The Moon on Thursday, February 7, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on February 7, 1980Waning Gibbous

Thursday 7 February 1980402,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 7, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.4% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
402,469 km250,082 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Thursday, February 7, 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.