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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1981: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 1981Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 October 1981386,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
386,741 km240,310 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 20, 198103:41
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 27, 198120:14

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 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.