Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°
Moon age
2.1days
Moon phase on January 6, 2011Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, January 6, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
397,943 km247,270 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, January 4, 2011 | 09:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | 11:32 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Thursday, January 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.