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The Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1981: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

First Quarter at

10:10UTC

Moon phase on January 13, 1981First Quarter

Tuesday 13 January 1981370,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 13, 1981, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
370,363 km230,133 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 6, 198107:24
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 13, 198110:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 20, 198107:39

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Tuesday, January 13, 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.