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The Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on February 19, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 February 1980362,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
362,618 km225,321 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Tuesday, February 19, 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.