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The Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1962: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

First Quarter at

05:01UTC

Moon phase on January 13, 1962First Quarter

Saturday 13 January 1962375,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 13, 1962, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
375,526 km233,341 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 6, 196212:35
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 13, 196205:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 20, 196218:17

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Saturday, January 13, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.