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The Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1981: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on January 25, 1981Waning Gibbous

Sunday 25 January 1981400,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 25, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
400,887 km249,100 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 20, 198107:39
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 28, 198104:19

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Sunday, January 25, 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.