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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 9, 2027Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 January 2027405,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
405,118 km251,729 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2027 is on Friday, January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 7, 202720:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 15, 202720:35

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 2027 to the new moon of February 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.