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The Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1989: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

First Quarter at

13:58UTC

Moon phase on January 14, 1989First Quarter

Saturday 14 January 1989371,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 14, 1989, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
371,696 km230,961 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 7, 198919:22
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 14, 198913:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 198921:34

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Saturday, January 14, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1989 to the new moon of February 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.51 days.