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The Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 1980Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 December 1980391,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 9, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
391,987 km243,570 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1980 is on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at 18:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 7, 198014:35
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 15, 198001:47

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Tuesday, December 9, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1980 to the new moon of January 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.70 days.