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The Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 January 2019400,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 12, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
400,673 km248,967 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2019 is on Monday, January 21, 2019 at 05:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at 01:28 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 6, 201901:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 14, 201906:46

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Saturday, January 12, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 2019 to the new moon of February 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.82 days.