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The Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on September 28, 1980Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 September 1980367,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 28, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
367,198 km228,166 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Sunday, September 28, 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.