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The Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1906: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

First Quarter at

14:52UTC

Moon phase on January 2, 1906First Quarter

Tuesday 2 January 1906401,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 2, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
401,808 km249,672 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1906 is on Wednesday, January 10, 1906 at 16:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 190504:04
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 2, 190614:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 10, 190616:36

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Tuesday, January 2, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1905 to the new moon of January 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.55 days.