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The Moon on Monday, March 16, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 March 1981387,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 16, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
387,447 km240,749 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 13, 198101:51
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 20, 198115:23

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Monday, March 16, 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.