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The Moon on Saturday, January 19, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 19, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 January 1980363,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
363,486 km225,860 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 17, 1980 at 21:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 17, 198021:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 24, 198013:58

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Saturday, January 19, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1980 to the new moon of February 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.48 days.