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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 May 1980404,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,242 km251,184 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 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.