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The Moon on Thursday, January 11, 2018: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on January 11, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 January 2018400,911 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 11, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
400,911 km249,114 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Thursday, January 11, 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.