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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1966: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

First Quarter at

19:48UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 1966First Quarter

Saturday 29 January 1966391,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1966, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
391,579 km243,316 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 21, 196615:46
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 29, 196619:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.