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The Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on July 3, 1980Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 July 1980369,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 3, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
369,989 km229,901 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 28, 198009:02
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, July 5, 198007:27

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Thursday, July 3, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 1980 to the new moon of July 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.