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The Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1980: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

New Moon at

10:00UTC

Moon phase on September 9, 1980New Moon

Tuesday 9 September 1980403,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 9, 1980, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
403,177 km250,522 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1980 is on Tuesday, August 26, 1980 at 03:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 1, 198018:08
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, September 9, 198010:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 17, 198013:55

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Tuesday, September 9, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1980 to the new moon of October 9, 1980, a cycle of 29.70 days.