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The Moon on Friday, January 19, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on January 19, 2018Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 January 2018400,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 19, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
400,374 km248,781 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Friday, January 19, 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.