Waxing · 43.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°
Moon age
6.1days
Moon phase on March 12, 1981Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, March 12, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
371,822 km231,040 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 12, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 6, 1981 | 10:31 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, March 13, 1981 | 01:51 |
The Moon around March 12
More about this date
Thursday, March 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1981, or the whole moon calendar 1981.
- The same date one year apart: 1980 · 1982.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.