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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 1981Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 December 1981390,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
390,500 km242,646 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 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.