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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 26, 1980Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 October 1980364,702 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
364,702 km226,615 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 23, 198020:52
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 30, 198016:33

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.