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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 1981: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on January 30, 1981Waning Crescent

Friday 30 January 1981399,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
399,898 km248,485 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1981 is on Tuesday, January 20, 1981 at 07:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at 22:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 28, 198104:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 4, 198122:14

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 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.