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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1981: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Last Quarter at

19:34UTC

Moon phase on March 28, 1981Last Quarter

Saturday 28 March 1981396,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 1981, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
396,553 km246,406 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 20, 198115:23
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 28, 198119:34
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 4, 198120:20

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 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.