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The Moon on Saturday, April 19, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 April 1980378,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 19, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
378,993 km235,495 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 15, 1980 at 03:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Saturday, April 19, 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.