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The Moon on Sunday, November 22, 1981: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on November 22, 1981Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 November 1981400,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 22, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
400,273 km248,718 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Sunday, November 22, 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.