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The Moon on Monday, March 30, 1981: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 30, 1981Waning Crescent

Monday 30 March 1981385,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 30, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
385,856 km239,760 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Monday, March 30, 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.