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The Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1994: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on January 6, 1994Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 January 1994370,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 6, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
370,182 km230,020 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1994 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 11, 1994 at 23:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 5, 199400:01
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 11, 199423:11

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Thursday, January 6, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1993 to the new moon of January 11, 1994, a cycle of 29.57 days.