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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on February 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 February 1981392,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
392,981 km244,187 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 18, 198122:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 27, 198101:14

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.