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The Moon on Thursday, January 26, 2017: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 2017Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 January 2017395,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 26, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
395,129 km245,521 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2017 is on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Thursday, January 26, 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.