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The Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1981: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on October 24, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 October 1981394,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 24, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
394,424 km245,084 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Saturday, October 24, 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.