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The Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on September 16, 1981Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 September 1981365,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 16, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
365,883 km227,349 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 14, 198103:09
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 20, 198119:48

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Wednesday, September 16, 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.