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The Moon on Monday, February 18, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 18, 1980Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 February 1980359,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 18, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
359,853 km223,602 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 16, 198008:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Monday, February 18, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1980 to the new moon of March 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.