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The Moon on Sunday, July 20, 1980: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

First Quarter at

05:51UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1980First Quarter

Sunday 20 July 1980402,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 20, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
402,924 km250,365 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 12, 198006:46
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, July 20, 198005:51
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 27, 198018:54

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Sunday, July 20, 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.