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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on July 21, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 July 1980400,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.1% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
400,426 km248,813 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 20, 198005:51
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 27, 198018:54

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.