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The Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1980: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Last Quarter at

12:00UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1980Last Quarter

Sunday 3 August 1980371,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 3, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
371,368 km230,757 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 27, 198018:54
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 3, 198012:00
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 10, 198019:09

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Sunday, August 3, 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.