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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1982: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Full Moon at

19:53UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 1982Full Moon

Saturday 9 January 1982360,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1982, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
360,672 km224,111 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 361,361 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 3, 198204:46
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, January 9, 198219:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 16, 198223:58

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1981 to the new moon of January 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.78 days.