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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 14 May 1981402,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
402,204 km249,918 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 10, 198122:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 19, 198100:04

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.