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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 2016Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 January 2016369,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
369,659 km229,695 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 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.