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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1980: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on January 16, 1980Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 January 1980372,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
372,386 km231,390 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1980 is on Wednesday, January 2, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 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.