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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 17, 2010Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 January 2010406,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
406,356 km252,498 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 15, 201007:12
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 23, 201010:54

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.