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The Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 1981: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 3, 1981Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 February 1981382,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
382,082 km237,415 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 28, 198104:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 4, 198122:14

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Tuesday, February 3, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1981 to the new moon of February 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.62 days.