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The Moon on Thursday, January 17, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 17, 2013Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 January 2013391,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
391,097 km243,017 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Thursday, January 17, 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.