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The Moon on Friday, November 21, 1980: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 1980Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 November 1980359,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 21, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
359,436 km223,343 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1980 is on Saturday, November 22, 1980 at 06:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Friday, November 21, 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.