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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on January 6, 2014Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 January 2014374,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
374,049 km232,424 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 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.