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The Moon on Thursday, July 17, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on July 17, 1980Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 July 1980402,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 17, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
402,960 km250,388 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 12, 198006:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 20, 198005:51

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Thursday, July 17, 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.