Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°
Moon age
9.2days
Moon phase on January 15, 1981Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, January 15, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
369,669 km229,701 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 15, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, January 13, 1981 | 10:10 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, January 20, 1981 | 07:39 |
The Moon around January 15
More about this date
Thursday, January 15, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1981, or the whole moon calendar 1981.
- The same date one year apart: 1980 · 1982.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.