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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on December 12, 1980Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 December 1980381,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
381,737 km237,201 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1980 is on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at 18:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 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.