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The Moon on Tuesday, April 14, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on April 14, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 April 1981394,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
394,075 km244,867 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Tuesday, April 14, 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.