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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2015: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 2015Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 January 2015386,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
386,843 km240,373 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2015 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 13, 201509:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 20, 201513:14

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2014 to the new moon of January 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.48 days.