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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 2024Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 January 2024362,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
362,944 km225,523 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:57 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 11, 202411:57
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 18, 202403:53

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.