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The Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1980: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on December 14, 1980Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 December 1980374,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 14, 1980, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.7% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
374,716 km232,837 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Sunday, December 14, 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.