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The Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1946: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

First Quarter at

20:27UTC

Moon phase on January 10, 1946First Quarter

Thursday 10 January 1946372,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 10, 1946, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
372,822 km231,661 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 1946 is on Thursday, January 17, 1946 at 14:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 3, 1946 at 12:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 3, 194612:30
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 10, 194620:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 17, 194614:47

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Thursday, January 10, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1946 to the new moon of February 2, 1946, a cycle of 29.68 days.