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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2002: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on January 12, 2002Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 January 2002392,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
392,778 km244,061 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2002 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 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.