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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 1980: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on March 8, 1980Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 1980395,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
395,563 km245,791 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 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.