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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1920: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

First Quarter at

15:38UTC

Moon phase on January 28, 1920First Quarter

Wednesday 28 January 1920373,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1920, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
373,227 km231,912 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1920 is on Wednesday, February 4, 1920 at 08:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 1920 at 05:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 21, 192005:27
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 28, 192015:38
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 4, 192008:42

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1920 to the new moon of February 19, 1920, a cycle of 29.67 days.