Waxing · 49.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°
First Quarter at
13:55UTC
Moon phase on September 17, 1980First Quarter
On Wednesday, September 17, 1980, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.3% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
49.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
392,957 km244,172 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 17, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 9, 1980 at 10:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, September 9, 1980 | 10:00 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, September 17, 1980 | 13:55 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, September 24, 1980 | 12:08 |
The Moon around September 17
More about this date
Wednesday, September 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 1980, or the whole moon calendar 1980.
- The same date one year apart: 1979 · 1981.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.