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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2016: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on January 9, 2016Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 January 2016381,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
381,571 km237,097 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 2, 201605:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 10, 201601:31

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.