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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on January 20, 2040Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 January 2040390,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
390,494 km242,641 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 14, 204003:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 21, 204002:21

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2040 to the new moon of February 12, 2040, a cycle of 29.46 days.