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The Moon on Monday, March 10, 1980: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on March 10, 1980Waning Crescent

Monday 10 March 1980385,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 10, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
385,083 km239,280 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 9, 198023:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 16, 198018:56

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Monday, March 10, 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.