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The Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2017: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on January 22, 2017Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 January 2017404,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 22, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,758 km251,505 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Sunday, January 22, 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.