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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on March 6, 1980Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 March 1980402,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
402,560 km250,139 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 9, 198023:49

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 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.