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The Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2026: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on January 14, 2026Waning Crescent

Wednesday 14 January 2026405,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,210 km251,786 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2026 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 19:52 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Wednesday, January 14, 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.