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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on September 12, 1980Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 September 1980406,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,218 km252,412 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.