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The Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1981: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on July 25, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 July 1981368,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 25, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
368,737 km229,123 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 24, 198109:40
New Moon (after)Friday, July 31, 198103:52

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Saturday, July 25, 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.