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The Moon on Monday, January 17, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on January 17, 1994Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 January 1994402,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 17, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
402,471 km250,084 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1994 is on Thursday, January 27, 1994 at 13:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 11, 1994 at 23:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 11, 199423:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 19, 199420:27

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Monday, January 17, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1994 to the new moon of February 10, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.