Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°
First Quarter at
23:45UTC
Moon phase on January 18, 2013First Quarter
On Friday, January 18, 2013, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
396,152 km246,157 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 18, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, January 11, 2013 | 19:44 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, January 18, 2013 | 23:45 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, January 27, 2013 | 04:39 |
The Moon around January 18
More about this date
Friday, January 18, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2013, or the whole moon calendar 2013.
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