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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on January 16, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 January 1981370,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
370,224 km230,047 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 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.