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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on January 22, 2015Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 January 2015360,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
360,014 km223,702 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 20, 201513:14
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 27, 201504:49

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.