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The Moon on Monday, January 20, 1975: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

First Quarter at

15:15UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 1975First Quarter

Monday 20 January 1975394,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 20, 1975, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
394,843 km245,344 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 12, 197510:20
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 20, 197515:15
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 27, 197515:10

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Monday, January 20, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1975 to the new moon of February 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.79 days.