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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 18, 2018Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 January 2018402,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
402,718 km250,237 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 17, 201802:17
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 24, 201822:20

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 2018 to the new moon of February 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.78 days.