MoonPhases

January 2025 · Tuesday · 2 years ago

21 January 2025

Last Quarter

53% illuminated and waning, 21.6 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 21 January 2025: Last Quarter, 53% illuminated

Ephemeris for 21 January 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Last Quarter
Illumination
53.5%
Lunar age
21.6 days
Elongation
266.2°
Distance
404,230 km
Distance (mi)
251,177 mi
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Libra
Libration lat
3.2° N
Libration lon
0.9° W

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London00:1005:2510:2726.1°
New York00:0005:2810:4835.9°
Chicago01:02 +105:2510:4134.5°
Denver00:0805:3610:5636.4°
Los Angeles00:52 +105:3010:5942.0°
Mexico City00:1906:1212:0157.0°
São Paulo23:3805:3612:1178.6°
Berlin00:1605:2910:2925.3°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter21 January 202520:31today
New Moon29 January 202512:36in 8 days
First Quarter5 February 202508:02in 15 days
Full Moon12 February 202513:54in 22 days