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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 2013Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 January 2013363,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
363,734 km226,014 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 11, 201319:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 18, 201323:45

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.