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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1980Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 April 1980362,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
362,681 km225,359 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 15, 198003:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 22, 198003:00

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1980 to the new moon of May 14, 1980, a cycle of 29.34 days.