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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 3, 1980Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 May 1980391,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
391,722 km243,405 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 30, 198007:35
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 7, 198020:51

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 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.