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The Moon on Sunday, January 14, 2018: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on January 14, 2018Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 January 2018406,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 14, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
406,320 km252,475 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Sunday, January 14, 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.