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The Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1909: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

First Quarter at

15:07UTC

Moon phase on January 28, 1909First Quarter

Thursday 28 January 1909375,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 28, 1909, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
375,606 km233,390 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1909 is on Friday, February 5, 1909 at 08:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1909 at 00:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 22, 190900:12
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 28, 190915:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 5, 190908:25

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Thursday, January 28, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1909 to the new moon of February 20, 1909, a cycle of 29.44 days.