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The Moon on Monday, October 12, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 October 1981365,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 12, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
365,992 km227,417 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Monday, October 12, 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.