Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°
Moon age
4.1days
Moon phase on February 20, 1980Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, February 20, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
366,647 km227,824 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 20, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, February 16, 1980 | 08:51 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, February 23, 1980 | 00:14 |
The Moon around February 20
More about this date
Wednesday, February 20, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1980 to the new moon of March 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.