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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 2000Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 January 2000387,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
387,706 km240,909 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2000 is on Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:41 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at 18:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 6, 200018:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 14, 200013:34

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2000 to the new moon of February 5, 2000, a cycle of 29.78 days.