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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 2017: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on January 20, 2017Waning Crescent

Friday 20 January 2017403,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
403,453 km250,694 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 19, 201722:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 28, 201700:07

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 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.