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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1980: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 4, 1980Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 October 1980397,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
397,791 km247,176 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 1, 198003:18
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 9, 198002:50

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.