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The Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1980Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 April 1980394,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 5, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
394,702 km245,257 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 31, 198015:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 8, 198012:07

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Saturday, April 5, 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.