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The Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2002: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on January 9, 2002Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 January 2002382,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
382,805 km237,864 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2002 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 6, 200203:55
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 13, 200213:29

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Wednesday, January 9, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2001 to the new moon of January 13, 2002, a cycle of 29.70 days.