Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, March 9, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1981Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 March 1981363,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
363,382 km225,795 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 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.