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The Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1980: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Last Quarter at

16:33UTC

Moon phase on October 30, 1980Last Quarter

Thursday 30 October 1980388,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 30, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.1% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
388,703 km241,529 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 23, 198020:52
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 30, 198016:33
New Moon (after)Friday, November 7, 198020:43

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Thursday, October 30, 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.