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The Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1980: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 7, 1980Waning Crescent

Tuesday 7 October 1980405,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 7, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
405,168 km251,760 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1980 is on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 at 12:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Tuesday, October 7, 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.