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The Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on October 7, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 October 1981393,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 7, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.6% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
393,704 km244,636 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 6, 198107:45
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 13, 198112:50

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Wednesday, October 7, 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.