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The Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1981: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on March 1, 1981Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 March 1981390,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 1, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
390,978 km242,943 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 27, 198101:14
New Moon (after)Friday, March 6, 198110:31

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Sunday, March 1, 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.