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The Moon on Monday, April 20, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1981Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 April 1981406,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 20, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
406,314 km252,471 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 19, 198107:59
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 27, 198110:15

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Monday, April 20, 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.