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The Moon on Sunday, February 24, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on February 24, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 February 1980386,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 24, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
386,948 km240,438 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Sunday, February 24, 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.