Waning · 92.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°
Moon age
17.7days
Moon phase on August 28, 1980Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, August 28, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
361,256 km224,474 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 28, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, August 26, 1980 | 03:42 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, September 1, 1980 | 18:08 |
The Moon around August 28
More about this date
Thursday, August 28, 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.