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The Moon on Tuesday, January 19, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on January 19, 2021Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 January 2021401,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
401,608 km249,547 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 13, 202105:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 20, 202121:02

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.