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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2028: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 2028Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 January 2028386,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
386,751 km240,316 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2028 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 26, 2028 at 15:13 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 18, 202819:26
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 26, 202815:13

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2027 to the new moon of January 26, 2028, a cycle of 29.79 days.