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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on September 20, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 September 1980374,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
374,914 km232,960 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1980 to the new moon of October 9, 1980, a cycle of 29.70 days.