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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on October 19, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 October 1980370,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
370,842 km230,430 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 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.