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The Moon on Saturday, March 22, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 March 1980380,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 22, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
380,582 km236,483 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 16, 1980 at 18:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 16, 198018:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 23, 198012:31

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Saturday, March 22, 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.