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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 19, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 January 1981376,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
376,624 km234,023 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 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.