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The Moon on Sunday, March 9, 1980: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Last Quarter at

23:49UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 1980Last Quarter

Sunday 9 March 1980390,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 9, 1980, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
390,691 km242,764 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 9, 198023:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 16, 198018:56

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Sunday, March 9, 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.