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The Moon on Saturday, December 13, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on December 13, 1980Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 December 1980378,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 13, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
378,208 km235,008 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1980 is on Sunday, December 21, 1980 at 18:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 7, 1980 at 14:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Saturday, December 13, 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.