Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2055: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

First Quarter at

03:40UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 2055First Quarter

Wednesday 6 January 2055399,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 2055, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
399,654 km248,333 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2055 is on Wednesday, January 13, 2055 at 11:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 2054 at 23:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 28, 205423:52
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 6, 205503:40
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 13, 205511:21

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 2054 to the new moon of January 27, 2055, a cycle of 29.74 days.