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The Moon on Thursday, August 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on August 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 August 1981391,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
391,056 km242,991 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1981 is on Saturday, August 15, 1981 at 16:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 31, 1981 at 03:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 7, 198119:26
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 15, 198116:37

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Thursday, August 13, 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.