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The Moon on Tuesday, October 13, 1981: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Full Moon at

12:50UTC

Moon phase on October 13, 1981Full Moon

Tuesday 13 October 1981362,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 13, 1981, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
362,579 km225,296 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 362,488 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1981 is on Tuesday, October 13, 1981 at 12:50 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 27, 1981 at 20:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 6, 198107:45
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, October 13, 198112:50
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 20, 198103:41

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Tuesday, October 13, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1981 to the new moon of October 27, 1981, a cycle of 29.67 days.