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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1957: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

First Quarter at

07:06UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 1957First Quarter

Wednesday 9 January 1957392,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
392,366 km243,805 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 1, 1957 at 02:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 1, 195702:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 9, 195707:06
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 16, 195706:21

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1957 to the new moon of January 30, 1957, a cycle of 29.80 days.