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The Moon on Tuesday, April 8, 1980: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Last Quarter at

12:07UTC

Moon phase on April 8, 1980Last Quarter

Tuesday 8 April 1980380,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 8, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
380,446 km236,398 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 31, 198015:14
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 8, 198012:07
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 15, 198003:46

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Tuesday, April 8, 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.