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The Moon on Monday, January 12, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on January 12, 1981Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 January 1981371,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
371,422 km230,791 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 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.