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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 1981: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on March 29, 1981Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 March 1981391,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
391,591 km243,323 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 28, 198119:34
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 4, 198120:20

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.