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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 28, 1981Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 December 1981399,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
399,771 km248,406 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1981 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.