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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1928: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

First Quarter at

19:26UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 1928First Quarter

Sunday 29 January 1928370,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 1928, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
370,290 km230,087 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 22, 192820:19
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 29, 192819:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 192820:11

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.