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The Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on January 5, 2011Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 January 2011394,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 5, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
394,521 km245,144 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 4, 201109:03
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 12, 201111:32

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.