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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1980: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on July 9, 1980Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 July 1980375,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
375,709 km233,455 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1980 is on Saturday, June 28, 1980 at 09:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 12, 1980 at 06:46 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, July 5, 198007:27
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 12, 198006:46

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 1980 to the new moon of July 12, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.