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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2025: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2025Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 January 2025400,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
400,873 km249,091 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 21, 202520:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 29, 202512:36

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 2024 to the new moon of January 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.59 days.