Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°
Moon age
5.1days
Moon phase on December 31, 1981Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, December 31, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
389,639 km242,110 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 1981 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, December 26, 1981 | 10:10 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 3, 1982 | 04:46 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Thursday, December 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1981, or the whole moon calendar 1981.
- The same date one year apart: 1980 · 1982.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.