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The Moon on Monday, January 11, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 11, 2016Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 January 2016374,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 11, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
374,426 km232,658 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 10, 201601:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 16, 201623:26

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Monday, January 11, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.