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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 2025: First Quarter, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

First Quarter at

23:56UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 2025First Quarter

Monday 6 January 2025370,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 2025, the Moon was a First Quarter: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,687 km230,334 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 30, 202422:27
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 6, 202523:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 13, 202522:27

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 2024 to the new moon of January 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.59 days.