Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°
Moon age
3.8days
Moon phase on January 21, 1999Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, January 21, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
376,385 km233,875 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 21, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, January 17, 1999 | 15:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 24, 1999 | 19:15 |
The Moon around January 21
More about this date
Thursday, January 21, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.