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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on July 23, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 July 1980392,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
392,359 km243,801 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.