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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2012: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on January 19, 2012Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 January 2012370,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
370,673 km230,325 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 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.