Waning · 92.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°
Moon age
17.1days
Moon phase on March 23, 1981Waning Gibbous
On Monday, March 23, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
405,361 km251,879 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 23, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, March 20, 1981 | 15:23 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, March 28, 1981 | 19:34 |
The Moon around March 23
More about this date
Monday, March 23, 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.