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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1980: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Full Moon at

21:28UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 1980Full Moon

Thursday 29 May 1980394,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1980, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
394,010 km244,826 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 392,641 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1980 is on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at 21:28 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 12, 1980 at 20:38 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 198019:16
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, May 29, 198021:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 6, 198002:53

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 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.