Waning · 11.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°
Moon age
26.3days
Moon phase on January 21, 2020Waning Crescent
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
383,980 km238,594 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 21, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 3 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Friday, January 17, 2020 | 12:59 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, January 24, 2020 | 21:42 |
The Moon around January 21
More about this date
Tuesday, January 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.