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The Moon on Monday, September 7, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on September 7, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 September 1981401,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 7, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
401,272 km249,339 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 6, 198113:26
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 14, 198103:09

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Monday, September 7, 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.