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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 1980Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 October 1980388,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
388,491 km241,397 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 9, 1980 at 02:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 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.