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The Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 2017: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on January 25, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 January 2017398,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 25, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
398,543 km247,643 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Wednesday, January 25, 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.