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The Moon on Thursday, January 15, 2026: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 2026Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 January 2026404,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 15, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
404,051 km251,065 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2026 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 19:52 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Thursday, January 15, 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.