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The Moon on Friday, July 24, 1981: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Last Quarter at

09:40UTC

Moon phase on July 24, 1981Last Quarter

Friday 24 July 1981370,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 24, 1981, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
370,473 km230,201 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 17, 198104:39
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, July 24, 198109:40
New Moon (after)Friday, July 31, 198103:52

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Friday, July 24, 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.