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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 January 2023359,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
359,192 km223,191 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 21, 202320:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 28, 202315:19

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.