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The Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2010: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Last Quarter at

10:40UTC

Moon phase on January 7, 2010Last Quarter

Thursday 7 January 2010379,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 7, 2010, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
379,341 km235,711 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2010 is on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 19:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 31, 200919:13
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 7, 201010:40
New Moon (after)Friday, January 15, 201007:12

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Thursday, January 7, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2009 to the new moon of January 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.80 days.