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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on July 18, 1980Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 July 1980404,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
404,178 km251,144 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 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.