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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 1980: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1980Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 May 1980362,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
362,972 km225,540 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 7, 198020:51
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 198012:00

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 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.