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The Moon on Saturday, November 28, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on November 28, 1981Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 November 1981405,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 28, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
405,741 km252,116 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Saturday, November 28, 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.