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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1980: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 1980Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 March 1980372,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
372,845 km231,675 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.