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The Moon on Friday, February 15, 1980: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on February 15, 1980Waning Crescent

Friday 15 February 1980361,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 15, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
361,893 km224,870 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1980 is on Friday, February 1, 1980 at 02:21 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Friday, February 15, 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.