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The Moon on Monday, September 15, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on September 15, 1980Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 September 1980401,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 15, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
401,424 km249,433 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Monday, September 15, 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.