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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on January 17, 2002Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 January 2002405,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
405,097 km251,716 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 13, 200213:29
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 21, 200217:47

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2002 to the new moon of February 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.76 days.