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The Moon on Friday, January 9, 2071: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

First Quarter at

11:08UTC

Moon phase on January 9, 2071First Quarter

Friday 9 January 2071380,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 9, 2071, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
380,853 km236,651 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2071 is on Friday, January 16, 2071 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 2071 at 12:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 1, 207112:15
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 9, 207111:08
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 16, 207102:35

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Friday, January 9, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 2071 to the new moon of January 31, 2071, a cycle of 29.79 days.