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The Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on January 30, 2020Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 January 2020405,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 30, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
405,170 km251,761 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Thursday, January 30, 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.