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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 1980: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

First Quarter at

22:28UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1980First Quarter

Monday 18 August 1980400,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
400,785 km249,036 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 10, 198019:09
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 18, 198022:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 26, 198003:42

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1980 to the new moon of September 9, 1980, a cycle of 29.62 days.