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The Moon on Wednesday, April 29, 1981: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 29, 1981Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 April 1981374,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
374,839 km232,914 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1981 is on Sunday, April 19, 1981 at 07:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Wednesday, April 29, 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.