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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 1980: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1980Waning Crescent

Friday 5 September 1980391,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
391,608 km243,334 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 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.