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The Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 18, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 April 1981404,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 18, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
404,736 km251,491 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 4, 1981 at 20:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Saturday, April 18, 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.