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The Moon on Saturday, July 26, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on July 26, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 July 1980377,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 26, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
377,169 km234,362 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Saturday, July 26, 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.