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The Moon on Friday, January 23, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on January 23, 2015Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 January 2015361,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
361,940 km224,899 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Friday, January 23, 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.