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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2042: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on January 15, 2042Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 January 2042397,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
397,868 km247,223 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2042 is on Monday, January 6, 2042 at 08:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 21, 2042 at 20:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 14, 204211:24
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 21, 204220:42

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2041 to the new moon of January 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.52 days.