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The Moon on Friday, January 4, 2047: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

First Quarter at

05:31UTC

Moon phase on January 4, 2047First Quarter

Friday 4 January 2047404,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 4, 2047, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
404,396 km251,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2047 is on Saturday, January 12, 2047 at 01:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 27, 204610:39
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 4, 204705:31
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 12, 204701:21

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Friday, January 4, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2046 to the new moon of January 26, 2047, a cycle of 29.63 days.