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The Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 1980: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 1980Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 April 1980375,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 9, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
375,003 km233,016 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 8, 198012:07
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 15, 198003:46

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Wednesday, April 9, 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.