Waxing · 17.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°
Moon age
4.2days
Moon phase on July 16, 1980Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, July 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
400,677 km248,969 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 16, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, July 12, 1980 | 06:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, July 20, 1980 | 05:51 |
The Moon around July 16
More about this date
Wednesday, July 16, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 1980 to the new moon of August 10, 1980, a cycle of 29.52 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.