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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 1980402,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
402,471 km250,084 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 198019:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 198021:28

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 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.