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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1980Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 May 1980388,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
388,083 km241,144 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.