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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 1980395,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
395,373 km245,673 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 14, 198012:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 21, 198019:16

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.