Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°
Moon age
3.7days
Moon phase on January 6, 2022Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
375,059 km233,051 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, January 2, 2022 | 18:34 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 9, 2022 | 18:11 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Thursday, January 6, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.