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The Moon on Friday, September 18, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on September 18, 1981Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 September 1981366,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 18, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
366,572 km227,778 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Friday, September 18, 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.