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The Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on January 14, 2016Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 January 2016369,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,722 km229,734 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Thursday, January 14, 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.