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The Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on September 23, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 September 1980359,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 23, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
359,911 km223,638 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Tuesday, September 23, 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.