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The Moon on Friday, September 25, 1981: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on September 25, 1981Waning Crescent

Friday 25 September 1981386,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 25, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
386,626 km240,238 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Friday, September 25, 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.