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The Moon on Monday, January 26, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on January 26, 2015Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 January 2015374,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
374,243 km232,544 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Monday, January 26, 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.