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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 May 1980404,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,820 km251,543 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.