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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on January 20, 2010Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 January 2010401,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
401,582 km249,532 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.