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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1980: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1980Waning Crescent

Monday 12 May 1980362,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
362,190 km225,054 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 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.