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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 2002: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

First Quarter at

17:47UTC

Moon phase on January 21, 2002First Quarter

Monday 21 January 2002399,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 2002, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
399,660 km248,337 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 13, 200213:29
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 21, 200217:47
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 28, 200222:51

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2002 to the new moon of February 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.76 days.