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The Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 August 1980374,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 23, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
374,760 km232,865 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 18, 198022:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 26, 198003:42

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Saturday, August 23, 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.