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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on October 29, 1980Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 October 1980382,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
382,717 km237,809 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 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.