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The Moon on Monday, December 14, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on December 14, 1981Waning Gibbous

Monday 14 December 1981367,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 14, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
367,938 km228,626 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 11, 198108:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 18, 198105:47

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Monday, December 14, 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.