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The Moon on Thursday, July 10, 1980: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on July 10, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 July 1980378,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 10, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
378,586 km235,243 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 5, 198007:27
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 12, 198006:46

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Thursday, July 10, 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.