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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 1981: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1981Waning Crescent

Friday 29 May 1981366,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
366,286 km227,600 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 2, 1981 at 11:32 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 26, 198121:00
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 2, 198111:32

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 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.