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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 1981Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 March 1981402,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
402,408 km250,045 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 20, 198115:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 28, 198119:34

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.