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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1981Waxing Crescent

Sunday 27 December 1981402,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
402,183 km249,905 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1981 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 26, 198110:10
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 3, 198204:46

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1981 to the new moon of January 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.78 days.