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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2048: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

First Quarter at

21:56UTC

Moon phase on January 22, 2048First Quarter

Wednesday 22 January 2048401,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 2048, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,056 km249,205 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2048 is on Friday, January 31, 2048 at 00:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 15, 204811:32
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 22, 204821:56
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 31, 204800:14

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2048 to the new moon of February 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.54 days.