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The Moon on Friday, March 14, 1980: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on March 14, 1980Waning Crescent

Friday 14 March 1980362,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 14, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
362,194 km225,057 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Friday, March 14, 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.