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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 2016Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 January 2016372,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
372,024 km231,165 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 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.