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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 October 1980405,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
405,439 km251,928 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 9, 198002:50
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 17, 198003:47

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1980 to the new moon of November 7, 1980, a cycle of 29.75 days.