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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 1922: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

First Quarter at

10:24UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 1922First Quarter

Friday 6 January 1922398,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 1922, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
398,063 km247,345 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1922 is on Friday, January 13, 1922 at 14:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 1921 at 05:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 29, 192105:39
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 6, 192210:24
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 13, 192214:36

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1921 to the new moon of January 27, 1922, a cycle of 29.76 days.