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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on October 29, 1981Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 October 1981405,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
405,742 km252,116 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 27, 198120:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 5, 198101:09

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 27, 1981 to the new moon of November 26, 1981, a cycle of 29.77 days.