diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
index c92b1877a..5d1f86caf 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/status_display.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """ template filters """
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from django import template
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import naturaltime, naturalday
 from django.template.loader import select_template
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ def get_published_date(date):
     delta = relativedelta(now, date)
     if delta.years:
         return naturalday(date)
-    if delta.days:
-        return naturalday(date, "M j")
+    if delta.days or delta.months:
+        return naturalday(date, settings.MONTH_DAY_FORMAT)
     return naturaltime(date)
 
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/templatetags/test_status_display.py b/bookwyrm/tests/templatetags/test_status_display.py
index 338c30481..de7d3ae2f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/templatetags/test_status_display.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/templatetags/test_status_display.py
@@ -109,4 +109,17 @@ class StatusDisplayTags(TestCase):
                 2022, 1, 8, 0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
             )
             result = status_display.get_published_date(date)
-        self.assertEqual(result, "Jan 1")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "January 1")
+
+        with patch("django.utils.timezone.now") as timezone_mock:
+            timezone_mock.return_value = datetime.datetime(
+                # bookwyrm-social#3365: bug with exact month deltas
+                2022,
+                3,
+                1,
+                0,
+                0,
+                tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc,
+            )
+            result = status_display.get_published_date(date)
+        self.assertEqual(result, "January 1")