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The Moon on Monday, January 22, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on January 22, 2018Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 January 2018390,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
390,043 km242,361 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2018 is on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 13:27 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Monday, January 22, 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.