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The Moon on Saturday, February 23, 1980: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

First Quarter at

00:14UTC

Moon phase on February 23, 1980First Quarter

Saturday 23 February 1980381,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 23, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
381,985 km237,354 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 16, 198008:51
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Saturday, February 23, 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.