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The Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on January 4, 2017Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 January 2017378,571 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
378,571 km235,233 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 29, 201606:53
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 5, 201719:47

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Wednesday, January 4, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2016 to the new moon of January 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.72 days.