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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 2023: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on January 20, 2023Waning Crescent

Friday 20 January 2023358,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
358,450 km222,730 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 15, 202302:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 202320:53

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.