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The Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 1981Waning Gibbous

Sunday 22 March 1981404,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 22, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
404,214 km251,167 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Sunday, March 22, 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.