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The Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1981: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 19, 1981Waning Crescent

Saturday 19 December 1981397,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
397,066 km246,725 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 18, 198105:47
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 26, 198110:10

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Saturday, December 19, 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.