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The Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 1981Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 April 1981392,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 26, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
392,224 km243,716 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Sunday, April 26, 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.