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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on April 24, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 April 1980403,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
403,052 km250,445 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 22, 198003:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 30, 198007:35

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1980 to the new moon of May 14, 1980, a cycle of 29.34 days.