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The Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1980: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 11, 1980Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 March 1980379,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 11, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.4% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
379,008 km235,505 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Tuesday, March 11, 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.