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The Moon on Sunday, April 27, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 April 1980405,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 27, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
405,571 km252,010 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Sunday, April 27, 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.