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The Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2066: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

First Quarter at

09:56UTC

Moon phase on January 3, 2066First Quarter

Sunday 3 January 2066396,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 3, 2066, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
396,185 km246,178 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2066 is on Monday, January 11, 2066 at 15:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 27, 2065 at 08:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 27, 206508:27
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 3, 206609:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 11, 206615:07

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Sunday, January 3, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2065 to the new moon of January 25, 2066, a cycle of 29.49 days.