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The Moon on Thursday, March 13, 1980: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on March 13, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 March 1980367,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 13, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
367,066 km228,084 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Thursday, March 13, 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.