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The Moon on Sunday, January 15, 2023: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Last Quarter at

02:11UTC

Moon phase on January 15, 2023Last Quarter

Sunday 15 January 2023385,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 15, 2023, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
385,137 km239,313 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 6, 202323:08
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 15, 202302:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 202320:53

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Sunday, January 15, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.