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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on December 11, 1980Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 December 1980385,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
385,231 km239,371 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1980 is on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at 18:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 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.