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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1926: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

First Quarter at

22:31UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 1926First Quarter

Wednesday 20 January 1926379,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1926, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
379,082 km235,551 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 14, 192606:35
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 20, 192622:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 192621:35

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.