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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2020: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on January 23, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 January 2020390,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
390,619 km242,719 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2020 is on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 19:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.