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The Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2015: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

New Moon at

13:14UTC

Moon phase on January 20, 2015New Moon

Tuesday 20 January 2015361,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 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
29.4 dMoon age
361,230 km224,458 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 13, 201509:47
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 20, 201513:14
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 27, 201504:49

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Tuesday, January 20, 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.