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The Moon on Thursday, July 23, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1981Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 July 1981372,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 23, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
372,669 km231,565 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 17, 198104:39
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 24, 198109:40

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Thursday, July 23, 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.