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The Moon on Sunday, November 29, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on November 29, 1981Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 November 1981404,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 29, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
404,288 km251,213 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 29, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 29

More about this date

Sunday, November 29, 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.