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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1954: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

First Quarter at

00:22UTC

Moon phase on January 12, 1954First Quarter

Tuesday 12 January 1954370,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 1954, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
370,874 km230,451 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 5, 195402:21
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 12, 195400:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 19, 195402:37

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1954 to the new moon of February 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.57 days.