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The Moon on Monday, October 20, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on October 20, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 October 1980365,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 20, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
365,366 km227,028 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Monday, October 20, 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.