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The Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 28, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 January 2020404,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
404,364 km251,260 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Tuesday, January 28, 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.