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The Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2025: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Last Quarter at

20:31UTC

Moon phase on January 21, 2025Last Quarter

Tuesday 21 January 2025404,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
404,230 km251,177 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 13, 202522:27
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 21, 202520:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 29, 202512:36

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Tuesday, January 21, 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.