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The Moon on Friday, December 4, 1981: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

First Quarter at

16:22UTC

Moon phase on December 4, 1981First Quarter

Friday 4 December 1981385,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 4, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
385,131 km239,309 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 26, 198114:39
First Quarter (this day)Friday, December 4, 198116:22
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 11, 198108:41

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Friday, December 4, 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.