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The Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 1980Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 November 1980364,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 23, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
364,568 km226,532 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1980 is on Saturday, November 22, 1980 at 06:39 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 22, 198006:39
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, November 29, 198009:59

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Sunday, November 23, 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.