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The Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 April 1981397,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 15, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
397,689 km247,112 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Wednesday, April 15, 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.