Waxing · 48.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°
First Quarter at
15:19UTC
Moon phase on January 28, 2023First Quarter
On Saturday, January 28, 2023, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
386,598 km240,221 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 28, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 20:53 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 15:19 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 18:29 |
The Moon around January 28
More about this date
Saturday, January 28, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2023, or the whole moon calendar 2023.
- The same date one year apart: 2022 · 2024.
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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.