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The Moon on Monday, October 27, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on October 27, 1980Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 October 1980370,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 27, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
370,237 km230,055 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Monday, October 27, 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.