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The Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on September 5, 1981Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 September 1981404,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 5, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,403 km251,284 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 29, 198114:44
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 6, 198113:26

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Saturday, September 5, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 1981 to the new moon of September 28, 1981, a cycle of 29.56 days.