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The Moon on Wednesday, January 23, 1991: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

First Quarter at

14:22UTC

Moon phase on January 23, 1991First Quarter

Wednesday 23 January 1991375,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 23, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
375,187 km233,130 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 15, 199123:50
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 23, 199114:22
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 30, 199106:10

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Wednesday, January 23, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.