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The Moon on Thursday, August 14, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1980Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 August 1980404,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 14, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
404,413 km251,290 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 10, 1980 at 19:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Thursday, August 14, 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.