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The Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1981: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on November 19, 1981Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 November 1981387,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
387,696 km240,903 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 18, 198114:54
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 26, 198114:39

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Thursday, November 19, 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.