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The Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1981: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

First Quarter at

17:49UTC

Moon phase on February 11, 1981First Quarter

Wednesday 11 February 1981370,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 11, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,473 km230,201 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 4, 198122:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 11, 198117:49
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Wednesday, February 11, 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.