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The Moon on Monday, January 19, 1948: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

First Quarter at

11:32UTC

Moon phase on January 19, 1948First Quarter

Monday 19 January 1948388,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 19, 1948, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
388,935 km241,673 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 1948 at 07:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 11, 194807:45
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 19, 194811:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 26, 194807:11

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Monday, January 19, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1948 to the new moon of February 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.80 days.