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The Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1981: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on September 26, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 September 1981390,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 26, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
390,046 km242,363 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Saturday, September 26, 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.