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The Moon on Wednesday, January 17, 2007: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on January 17, 2007Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 January 2007380,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
380,492 km236,426 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2007 is on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 13:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 04:01 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 11, 200712:45
New Moon (after)Friday, January 19, 200704:01

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2006 to the new moon of January 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.58 days.