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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 October 1980376,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
376,819 km234,144 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 17, 198003:47
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 198020:52

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 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.