Waning · 100.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°
Full Moon at
07:39UTC
Moon phase on January 20, 1981Full Moon
On Tuesday, January 20, 1981, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
380,321 km236,321 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 379,606 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 20, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at 07:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, January 13, 1981 | 10:10 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, January 20, 1981 | 07:39 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, January 28, 1981 | 04:19 |
The Moon around January 20
More about this date
Tuesday, January 20, 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.