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The Moon on Saturday, February 21, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 21, 1981Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 February 1981399,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 21, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
399,606 km248,303 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Saturday, February 21, 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.