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The Moon on Saturday, January 10, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on January 10, 1981Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 January 1981374,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 10, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
374,777 km232,875 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 6, 198107:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 13, 198110:10

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Saturday, January 10, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1981 to the new moon of February 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.62 days.