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The Moon on Friday, December 11, 1981: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Full Moon at

08:41UTC

Moon phase on December 11, 1981Full Moon

Friday 11 December 1981357,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 11, 1981, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
357,028 km221,847 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 356,908 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1981 is on Friday, December 11, 1981 at 08:41 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 26, 1981 at 14:39 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 4, 198116:22
Full Moon (this day)Friday, December 11, 198108:41
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 18, 198105:47

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Friday, December 11, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 1981 to the new moon of December 26, 1981, a cycle of 29.81 days.