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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 7, 2022Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 January 2022381,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
381,361 km236,967 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 2, 202218:34
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 202218:11

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 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.