Waxing · 53.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°
First Quarter at
03:47UTC
Moon phase on October 17, 1980First Quarter
On Friday, October 17, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
382,829 km237,879 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 17, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, October 9, 1980 | 02:50 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, October 17, 1980 | 03:47 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, October 23, 1980 | 20:52 |
The Moon around October 17
More about this date
Friday, October 17, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1980 to the new moon of November 7, 1980, a cycle of 29.75 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.