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The Moon on Friday, July 3, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on July 3, 1981Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 July 1981372,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 3, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
372,311 km231,343 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 1, 198119:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 9, 198102:40

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Friday, July 3, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1981 to the new moon of July 31, 1981, a cycle of 29.37 days.