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The Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on September 29, 1981Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 September 1981399,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
399,668 km248,342 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 28, 198104:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 6, 198107:45

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Tuesday, September 29, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1981 to the new moon of October 27, 1981, a cycle of 29.67 days.