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The Moon on Monday, August 4, 1980: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on August 4, 1980Waning Crescent

Monday 4 August 1980374,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 4, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
374,214 km232,526 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1980 is on Sunday, July 27, 1980 at 18:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 3, 198012:00
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 10, 198019:09

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Monday, August 4, 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.