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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 January 2005360,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,798 km224,189 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 10, 200512:03
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 17, 200506:58

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.