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The Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2073: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Last Quarter at

03:27UTC

Moon phase on January 1, 2073Last Quarter

Sunday 1 January 2073371,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 1, 2073, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
371,663 km230,941 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2073 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 8, 2073 at 08:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 25, 207207:15
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 1, 207303:27
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 8, 207308:11

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Sunday, January 1, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2072 to the new moon of January 8, 2073, a cycle of 29.63 days.