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The Moon on Monday, January 18, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on January 18, 2010Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 January 2010405,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
405,647 km252,057 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Monday, January 18, 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.