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The Moon on Sunday, January 26, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 26, 2020Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 January 2020400,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
400,080 km248,598 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 24, 202021:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Sunday, January 26, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.