Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on January 17, 2024Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, January 17, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
371,996 km231,148 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 17, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, January 11, 2024 | 11:57 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, January 18, 2024 | 03:53 |
The Moon around January 17
More about this date
Wednesday, January 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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