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The Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 1980: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Full Moon at

07:35UTC

Moon phase on April 30, 1980Full Moon

Wednesday 30 April 1980400,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 30, 1980, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
400,738 km249,007 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 401,178 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 22, 198003:00
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, April 30, 198007:35
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 7, 198020:51

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Wednesday, April 30, 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.