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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2021: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on January 12, 2021Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 January 2021371,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
371,694 km230,960 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2021 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 6, 202109:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 13, 202105:00

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.