Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2026: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 13, 2026Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 January 2026405,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
405,353 km251,874 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 2026 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 19:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 10, 202615:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 18, 202619:52

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2025 to the new moon of January 18, 2026, a cycle of 29.76 days.