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The Moon on Sunday, January 11, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on January 11, 1981Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 January 1981372,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 11, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
372,892 km231,705 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Sunday, January 11, 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.