Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°
First Quarter at
14:22UTC
Moon phase on January 23, 1991First Quarter
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.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, January 15, 1991 | 23:50 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, January 23, 1991 | 14:22 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, January 30, 1991 | 06:10 |
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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1991, or the whole moon calendar 1991.
- The same date one year apart: 1990 · 1992.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.