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The Moon on Friday, November 27, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on November 27, 1981Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 November 1981406,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 27, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,492 km252,582 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 26, 198114:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 4, 198116:22

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Friday, November 27, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 1981 to the new moon of December 26, 1981, a cycle of 29.81 days.