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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1980: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on January 12, 1980Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 January 1980394,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
394,015 km244,830 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1980 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 10, 198011:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 17, 198021:20

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 19, 1979 to the new moon of January 17, 1980, a cycle of 29.54 days.