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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1999: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 51.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Last Quarter at

14:22UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 1999Last Quarter

Saturday 9 January 1999402,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1999, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.1% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
402,276 km249,963 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1999 is on Saturday, January 2, 1999 at 02:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 2, 199902:50
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 9, 199914:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 17, 199915:46

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1998 to the new moon of January 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.71 days.