Waxing · 74.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°
Moon age
10.7days
Moon phase on August 21, 1980Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, August 21, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
74.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
386,553 km240,193 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 21, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 11 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, August 18, 1980 | 22:28 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, August 26, 1980 | 03:42 |
The Moon around August 21
More about this date
Thursday, August 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.