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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 1929: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

First Quarter at

15:15UTC

Moon phase on January 18, 1929First Quarter

Friday 18 January 1929375,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 1929, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
375,779 km233,498 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1929 is on Friday, January 25, 1929 at 07:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 1929 at 00:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 11, 192900:28
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 18, 192915:15
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 25, 192907:09

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1929 to the new moon of February 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.73 days.