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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2014: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

New Moon at

11:14UTC

Moon phase on January 1, 2014New Moon

Wednesday 1 January 2014357,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 2014, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
357,055 km221,864 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 25, 201313:48
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 8, 201403:39

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 2014 to the new moon of January 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.