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The Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 August 1981371,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
371,267 km230,695 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1981 is on Saturday, August 15, 1981 at 16:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 15, 198116:37
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 22, 198114:16

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Wednesday, August 19, 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.