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The Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1980: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 4, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 September 1980387,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 4, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
387,694 km240,902 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 1, 198018:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 9, 198010:00

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Thursday, September 4, 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.