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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 2011: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 29, 2011Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 January 2011385,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
385,426 km239,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 26, 201112:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 3, 201102:31

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.