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The Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1993: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

First Quarter at

23:20UTC

Moon phase on January 30, 1993First Quarter

Saturday 30 January 1993397,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 30, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
397,094 km246,743 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 22, 199318:27
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 30, 199323:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 6, 199323:55

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Saturday, January 30, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1993 to the new moon of February 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.78 days.