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The Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1981: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

New Moon at

20:20UTC

Moon phase on April 4, 1981New Moon

Saturday 4 April 1981359,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 4, 1981, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
359,997 km223,692 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 28, 198119:34
New Moon (this day)Saturday, April 4, 198120:20
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 11, 198111:11

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Saturday, April 4, 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.