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The Moon on Monday, February 23, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on February 23, 1981Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 February 1981404,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 23, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
404,020 km251,046 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Monday, February 23, 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.