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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1984: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 26, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 January 1984383,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
383,622 km238,372 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 25, 198404:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 1, 198423:47

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.