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The Moon on Monday, January 9, 2040: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on January 9, 2040Waning Crescent

Monday 9 January 2040370,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 9, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
370,142 km229,996 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2040 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 7, 204011:06
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 14, 204003:25

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Monday, January 9, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2039 to the new moon of January 14, 2040, a cycle of 29.45 days.