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The Moon on Friday, January 26, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 26, 2001Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 January 2001405,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
405,604 km252,030 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 24, 200113:07
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 1, 200114:02

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Friday, January 26, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.