Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°
First Quarter at
10:54UTC
Moon phase on January 23, 2010First Quarter
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
388,313 km241,286 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 23, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, January 15, 2010 | 07:12 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, January 23, 2010 | 10:54 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, January 30, 2010 | 06:18 |
The Moon around January 23
More about this date
Saturday, January 23, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.