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The Moon on Monday, September 21, 1981: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on September 21, 1981Waning Crescent

Monday 21 September 1981373,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 21, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
373,544 km232,109 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 20, 198119:48
New Moon (after)Monday, September 28, 198104:07

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Monday, September 21, 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.