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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 April 1981400,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
400,663 km248,961 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 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.