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The Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on July 19, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 July 1980404,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,186 km251,149 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Saturday, July 19, 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.