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The Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2042: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

First Quarter at

12:49UTC

Moon phase on January 28, 2042First Quarter

Tuesday 28 January 2042374,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 28, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
374,067 km232,434 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2042 is on Wednesday, February 5, 2042 at 01:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 21, 2042 at 20:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 21, 204220:42
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 28, 204212:49
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 5, 204201:58

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Tuesday, January 28, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2042 to the new moon of February 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.46 days.