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The Moon on Saturday, January 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 January 2020374,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
374,573 km232,749 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 17, 202012:59
New Moon (after)Friday, January 24, 202021:42

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Saturday, January 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 2019 to the new moon of January 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.69 days.