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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on March 8, 1981Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 March 1981362,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
362,684 km225,362 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 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.