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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1972: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

First Quarter at

09:29UTC

Moon phase on January 23, 1972First Quarter

Sunday 23 January 1972370,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 1972, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
370,405 km230,159 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 16, 197210:53
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 23, 197209:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 30, 197210:58

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1972 to the new moon of February 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.57 days.