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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on October 14, 1981Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 October 1981360,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
360,753 km224,161 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 13, 198112:50
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 20, 198103:41

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.