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The Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on November 12, 1981Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 November 1981357,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 12, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
357,091 km221,886 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Thursday, November 12, 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.