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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on October 19, 1981Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 October 1981373,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
373,069 km231,814 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.