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The Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on September 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 September 1981373,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
373,661 km232,182 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Sunday, September 13, 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.