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The Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on September 27, 1980Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 September 1980362,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 27, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
362,594 km225,306 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Saturday, September 27, 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.