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The Moon on Monday, September 8, 1980: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 8, 1980Waning Crescent

Monday 8 September 1980400,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 8, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
400,952 km249,140 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Monday, September 8, 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.