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The Moon on Friday, February 20, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on February 20, 1981Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 February 1981396,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 20, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
396,449 km246,342 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Friday, February 20, 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.