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The Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on September 10, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 10 September 1981388,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 10, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
388,646 km241,493 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Thursday, September 10, 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.