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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on January 29, 2017Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 January 2017384,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
384,281 km238,781 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 28, 201700:07
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 4, 201704:19

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.