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The Moon on Monday, January 30, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 30, 2006Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 January 2006357,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 30, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
357,800 km222,327 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Monday, January 30, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.