Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°
Moon age
7.7days
Moon phase on March 24, 1980Waxing Gibbous
On Monday, March 24, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
391,856 km243,488 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 24, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, March 23, 1980 | 12:31 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, March 31, 1980 | 15:14 |
The Moon around March 24
More about this date
Monday, March 24, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1980 to the new moon of April 15, 1980, a cycle of 29.37 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 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.