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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1916: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

First Quarter at

03:37UTC

Moon phase on January 12, 1916First Quarter

Wednesday 12 January 1916394,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 1916, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
394,698 km245,254 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 5, 191604:45
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 12, 191603:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 20, 191608:29

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1916 to the new moon of February 3, 1916, a cycle of 29.47 days.