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The Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1980: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Full Moon at

12:08UTC

Moon phase on September 24, 1980Full Moon

Wednesday 24 September 1980357,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 24, 1980, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
357,787 km222,319 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 357,780 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 17, 198013:55
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, September 24, 198012:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 1, 198003:18

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Wednesday, September 24, 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.