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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 1, 1981Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 October 1981404,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
404,117 km251,107 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 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.