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Moon phases January 1981

New moon
Tue 06 Jan
07:24 UTC
First quarter
Tue 13 Jan
10:10 UTC
Full · Wolf
Tue 20 Jan
07:39 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 28 Jan
04:19 UTC

In January 1981 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Tuesday, January 6 at 07:24 UTC, the First Quarter on Tuesday, January 13 at 10:10 UTC, the Full Moon on Tuesday, January 20 at 07:39 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, January 28 at 04:19 UTC. The full moon is the Wolf Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 02 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 03 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 04 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 05 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 06New New Moon, 0% lit 0%07:24 07 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 08 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 09 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 10 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 11 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 12 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 13First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%10:10 14 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%07:39 21 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22 Waning Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 23 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 24 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 25 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 26 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 27 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 28Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%04:19 29 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 30 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 31 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20%

Exact phase times

January 1981 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on January 6, the First Quarter on January 13, the Full Moon on January 20 and the Last Quarter on January 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonTuesday, January 6, 198107:24
First QuarterTuesday, January 13, 198110:10
Full MoonTuesday, January 20, 198107:39
Last QuarterWednesday, January 28, 198104:19

Tuesday, January 20, 1981: Wolf Moon, 379,606 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1981

Twelve full moons, one blue

20 Jan Wolf penumbral eclipse 18 Feb Snow Blue moon 20 Mar Worm 19 Apr Pink Micromoon 19 May Flower Micromoon 17 Jun Straw­berry 17 Jul Buck partial eclipse 15 Aug Sturgeon 14 Sept Harvest 13 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 11 Nov Beaver Supermoon 11 Dec Cold Supermoon