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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 1980: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on October 31, 1980Waning Crescent

Friday 31 October 1980394,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
394,034 km244,841 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.