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The Moon on Wednesday, August 13, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 1980Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 August 1980402,724 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 13, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
402,724 km250,241 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 10, 198019:09
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 18, 198022:28

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Wednesday, August 13, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1980 to the new moon of September 9, 1980, a cycle of 29.62 days.