Waxing · 43.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°
Moon age
7.2days
Moon phase on January 30, 2012Waxing Crescent
On Monday, January 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
404,275 km251,205 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 30, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, January 23, 2012 | 07:39 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | 04:10 |
The Moon around January 30
More about this date
Monday, January 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2012, or the whole moon calendar 2012.
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