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The Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2018: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on January 9, 2018Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 January 2018392,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
392,388 km243,819 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 8, 201822:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 17, 201802:17

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.