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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 1981Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 March 1981405,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
405,693 km252,086 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.