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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2020: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Last Quarter at

12:59UTC

Moon phase on January 17, 2020Last Quarter

Friday 17 January 2020371,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2020, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
371,752 km230,996 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 10, 202019:21
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, January 17, 202012:59
New Moon (after)Friday, January 24, 202021:42

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2019 to the new moon of January 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.69 days.