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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on December 10, 1980Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 December 1980388,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
388,654 km241,499 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1980 is on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at 18:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.