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The Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on September 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 September 1981368,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,325 km228,867 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Saturday, September 19, 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.