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The Moon on Monday, August 3, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 1981Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 August 1981390,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 3, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
390,097 km242,395 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1981 is on Saturday, August 15, 1981 at 16:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, July 31, 198103:52
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 7, 198119:26

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Monday, August 3, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1981 to the new moon of August 29, 1981, a cycle of 29.45 days.