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The Moon on Thursday, April 23, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 1981Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 April 1981403,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 23, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
403,248 km250,567 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Thursday, April 23, 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.