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The Moon on Friday, January 18, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on January 18, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 January 2002405,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 18, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
405,484 km251,956 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Friday, January 18, 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.