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The Moon on Tuesday, April 28, 1981: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 28, 1981Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 April 1981380,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 28, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
380,958 km236,716 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 27, 198110:15
New Moon (after)Monday, May 4, 198104:19

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Tuesday, April 28, 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.