Waning · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°
Moon age
16.3days
Moon phase on May 1, 1980Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, May 1, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
398,088 km247,360 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 1, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, April 30, 1980 | 07:35 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 7, 1980 | 20:51 |
The Moon around May 1
More about this date
Thursday, May 1, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.