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The Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on March 25, 1981Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 March 1981405,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 25, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
405,065 km251,695 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Wednesday, March 25, 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.