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The Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on February 14, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 February 1981376,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
376,897 km234,193 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Saturday, February 14, 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.