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The Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1980: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on November 6, 1980Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 November 1980406,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 6, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
406,177 km252,387 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1980 is on Thursday, October 23, 1980 at 20:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 7, 1980 at 20:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 30, 198016:33
New Moon (after)Friday, November 7, 198020:43

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Thursday, November 6, 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.