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The Moon on Tuesday, November 24, 1981: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on November 24, 1981Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 November 1981404,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 24, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
404,823 km251,545 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1981 is on Wednesday, November 11, 1981 at 22:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Tuesday, November 24, 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.