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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 1983: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Full Moon at

22:26UTC

Moon phase on January 28, 1983Full Moon

Friday 28 January 1983356,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 1983, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
356,974 km221,813 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 357,186 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 22, 198305:34
Full Moon (this day)Friday, January 28, 198322:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 4, 198319:17

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1983 to the new moon of February 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.81 days.