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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2017: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Last Quarter at

22:14UTC

Moon phase on January 19, 2017Last Quarter

Thursday 19 January 2017400,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
400,881 km249,096 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 12, 201711:34
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 19, 201722:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 28, 201700:07

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2016 to the new moon of January 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.72 days.