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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on August 1, 1980Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 August 1980367,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.5% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
367,051 km228,075 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 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.