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The Moon on Monday, April 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 April 1981389,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
389,838 km242,234 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 11, 198111:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 19, 198107:59

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Monday, April 13, 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.