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The Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1980: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on September 6, 1980Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 September 1980395,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 6, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
395,137 km245,527 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Saturday, September 6, 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.