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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on January 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Friday 12 January 2018403,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
403,671 km250,830 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.