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The Moon on Saturday, February 7, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on February 7, 1981Waxing Crescent

Saturday 7 February 1981369,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 7, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
369,126 km229,364 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Saturday, February 7, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.