Moon phases and lunar diet

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Moon phase for 23 January 2010 Saturday

Moon phase for 23 January 2010 Saturday

Moon phase, position of the lunar cycle, dates of full moon and new moon.

UTC

23 January 2010 Saturday
Time: 12:00
JD 2455220

Universal Coordinated Time
Casablanca, Monrovia

Lunar phase on 23 January 2010 Saturday is First Quarter.
The moon is in zodiac sign Taurus The moon is in zodiac sign Taurus.

The moon is First Quarter on 23 January 2010 Saturday

Moon phases from
the current moon cycle:

New Moon New Moon
on 2010-01-15 07:13
before 8.2 days

First Quarter First Quarter
on 2010-01-23 10:54
before 0 day

Full Moon Full Moon
on 2010-01-30 06:18
after 6.8 days

Last Quarter Last Quarter
on 2010-02-05 23:50
after 13.5 days

New Moon New Moon (next)
on 2010-02-14 02:53
after 21.6 days

The moon is growing bigger (young moon)
Fraction of the moon: 0.25174105833899
Illumination of the moon disk: 51 %

Moon angular diameter: 0.52 °
Sun angular diameter: 0.54 °

Moon distance:
386518.16 km

Sun distance:
147255254.65 km

Moon phases for the days after 23 January 2010

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For calculation of the lunar phase and the course of the moon through the zodiac is taken the moon fraction at 12 o'clock noon on the given date.

When crossing the zodiac from one zodiac sign to another, often for a short time Moon is Void of course moon. This phenomenon is not marked in the table above.

From New moon to Full moon the Moon is growing bigger (young moon), and after Full moon it is growing small (old moon).

The time the Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth (sidereal period) is 27.321661 days. The time between two consecutive New moon phases is 29.53058867 days.