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The Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2036: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

First Quarter at

17:48UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 2036First Quarter

Sunday 6 January 2036387,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 6, 2036, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
387,716 km240,916 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2036 is on Sunday, January 13, 2036 at 11:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 29, 2035 at 14:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 29, 203514:31
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 6, 203617:48
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 13, 203611:16

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Sunday, January 6, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2035 to the new moon of January 28, 2036, a cycle of 29.82 days.