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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on July 31, 1980Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 July 1980365,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
365,988 km227,414 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 27, 198018:54
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 3, 198012:00

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.