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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 2, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 January 2014357,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,304 km222,018 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 1, 201411:14
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 8, 201403:39

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 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.