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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2028: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 2028Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 January 2028398,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
398,256 km247,465 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2028 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 26, 2028 at 15:13 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.