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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1981: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Last Quarter at

03:41UTC

Moon phase on October 20, 1981Last Quarter

Tuesday 20 October 1981377,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 1981, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
377,723 km234,706 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 13, 198112:50
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 20, 198103:41
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 27, 198120:14

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.