Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on May 16, 1980Waxing Crescent
On Friday, May 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
373,542 km232,108 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 16, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, May 14, 1980 | 12:00 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 21, 1980 | 19:16 |
The Moon around May 16
More about this date
Friday, May 16, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1980 to the new moon of June 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.36 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.