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The Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1980: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 14, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 February 1980366,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 14, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
366,004 km227,424 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Thursday, February 14, 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.