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The Moon on Monday, July 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 July 1981403,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
403,150 km250,506 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 9, 198102:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 17, 198104:39

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Monday, July 13, 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.