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The Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on November 4, 1981Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 November 1981394,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 4, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
394,753 km245,288 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Wednesday, November 4, 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.