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The Moon on Sunday, October 11, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on October 11, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 October 1981370,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 11, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
370,710 km230,349 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 28, 1981 at 04:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Sunday, October 11, 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.