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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1980: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 1980Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 February 1980377,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
377,374 km234,489 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 9, 198007:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 16, 198008:51

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 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.