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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on January 29, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 January 2012403,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
403,319 km250,610 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.