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The Moon on Monday, August 24, 1981: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1981Waning Crescent

Monday 24 August 1981371,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 24, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
371,426 km230,793 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1981 is on Saturday, August 15, 1981 at 16:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 22, 198114:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 29, 198114:44

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Monday, August 24, 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.