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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 2022: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 2022Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 January 2022370,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
370,986 km230,520 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 25, 202213:41
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 1, 202205:46

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.