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The Moon on Saturday, November 21, 1981: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on November 21, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 November 1981396,844 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 21, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
396,844 km246,587 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Saturday, November 21, 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.