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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 2, 1995Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 January 1995365,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
365,900 km227,360 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1995 is on Monday, January 16, 1995 at 20:27 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 1, 1995 at 10:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 1, 199510:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 8, 199515:47

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1995 to the new moon of January 30, 1995, a cycle of 29.49 days.