Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°
Moon age
1.7days
Moon phase on March 18, 1980Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, March 18, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
359,561 km223,421 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 18, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 16, 1980 | 18:56 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, March 23, 1980 | 12:31 |
The Moon around March 18
More about this date
Tuesday, March 18, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1980 to the new moon of April 15, 1980, a cycle of 29.37 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.