Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°
First Quarter at
01:51UTC
Moon phase on March 13, 1981First Quarter
On Friday, March 13, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
375,727 km233,466 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 13, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 6, 1981 | 10:31 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, March 13, 1981 | 01:51 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, March 20, 1981 | 15:23 |
The Moon around March 13
More about this date
Friday, March 13, 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.