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The Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 2012: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on January 18, 2012Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 January 2012369,983 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
369,983 km229,897 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 16, 201209:08
New Moon (after)Monday, January 23, 201207:39

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2011 to the new moon of January 23, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.