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The Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1999: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

First Quarter at

19:15UTC

Moon phase on January 24, 1999First Quarter

Sunday 24 January 1999370,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 24, 1999, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
370,873 km230,450 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 17, 199915:46
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 24, 199919:15
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Sunday, January 24, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.