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Moon phases December 1981

First quarter
Fri 04 Dec
16:22 UTC
Full · Cold
Fri 11 Dec
08:41 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 18 Dec
05:47 UTC
New moon
Sat 26 Dec
10:10 UTC

In December 1981 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Friday, December 4 at 16:22 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, December 11 at 08:41 UTC, the Last Quarter on Friday, December 18 at 05:47 UTC and the New Moon on Saturday, December 26 at 10:10 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 02 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 03 Waxing Crescent, 38% lit 38% 04First Q First Quarter, 48% lit 48%16:22 05 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 06 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 11Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%08:41 12 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 13 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 14 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 15 Waning Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 16 Waning Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 17 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 18Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%05:47 19 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 20 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 21 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 22 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 23 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 24 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 25 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 26New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:10 27 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 28 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 29 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 30 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 31 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23%

Exact phase times

December 1981 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on December 4, the Full Moon on December 11, the Last Quarter on December 18 and the New Moon on December 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterFriday, December 4, 198116:22
Full MoonFriday, December 11, 198108:41
Last QuarterFriday, December 18, 198105:47
New MoonSaturday, December 26, 198110:10

Friday, December 11, 1981: Cold Moon, 356,908 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

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