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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 2044: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

First Quarter at

04:02UTC

Moon phase on January 8, 2044First Quarter

Friday 8 January 2044375,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 2044, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
375,214 km233,147 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2044 is on Thursday, January 14, 2044 at 18:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 31, 2043 at 09:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 31, 204309:48
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 8, 204404:02
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 14, 204418:51

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 2043 to the new moon of January 30, 2044, a cycle of 29.76 days.