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The Moon on Saturday, February 9, 1980: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Last Quarter at

07:35UTC

Moon phase on February 9, 1980Last Quarter

Saturday 9 February 1980394,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 9, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
394,872 km245,362 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 1, 198002:21
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 9, 198007:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 16, 198008:51

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Saturday, February 9, 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.