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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 30, 1981Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 30 December 1981393,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
393,501 km244,510 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1981 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 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.