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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on January 7, 2011Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 January 2011400,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
400,938 km249,131 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 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.