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The Moon on Tuesday, October 14, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on October 14, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 October 1980397,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 14, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
397,789 km247,175 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Tuesday, October 14, 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.