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The Moon on Thursday, April 10, 1980: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 10, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 April 1980369,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 10, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
369,696 km229,719 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1980 is on Monday, March 31, 1980 at 15:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Thursday, April 10, 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.