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The Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1980: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

First Quarter at

15:47UTC

Moon phase on November 15, 1980First Quarter

Saturday 15 November 1980378,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 15, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
378,585 km235,242 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1980 is on Saturday, November 22, 1980 at 06:39 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 7, 198020:43
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 15, 198015:47
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 22, 198006:39

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Saturday, November 15, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 7, 1980 to the new moon of December 7, 1980, a cycle of 29.74 days.