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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2078: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

First Quarter at

21:59UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 2078First Quarter

Thursday 20 January 2078370,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 2078, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,178 km230,018 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2078 is on Friday, January 28, 2078 at 01:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 2078 at 01:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 14, 207801:14
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 20, 207821:59
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 28, 207801:34

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2078 to the new moon of February 12, 2078, a cycle of 29.53 days.