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The Moon on Monday, January 17, 1921: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

First Quarter at

06:31UTC

Moon phase on January 17, 1921First Quarter

Monday 17 January 1921382,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 17, 1921, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
382,586 km237,728 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1921 is on Sunday, January 23, 1921 at 23:08 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 9, 1921 at 05:27 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 9, 192105:27
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 17, 192106:31
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 23, 192123:08

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Monday, January 17, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1921 to the new moon of February 8, 1921, a cycle of 29.80 days.