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The Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on March 7, 1981Waxing Crescent

Saturday 7 March 1981363,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 7, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
363,446 km225,835 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 6, 198110:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 13, 198101:51

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Saturday, March 7, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1981 to the new moon of April 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.41 days.