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The Moon on Friday, April 10, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on April 10, 1981Waxing Crescent

Friday 10 April 1981374,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 10, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
374,494 km232,700 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 4, 198120:20
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 11, 198111:11

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Friday, April 10, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1981 to the new moon of May 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.33 days.