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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1980: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1980Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 March 1980358,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
358,726 km222,902 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.