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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 2012Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 January 2012394,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.0% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
394,046 km244,849 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 23, 201207:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 31, 201204:10

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 2012 to the new moon of February 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.62 days.