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The Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 September 1980397,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
397,698 km247,118 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Tuesday, September 16, 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.