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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2042Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 January 2042362,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
362,933 km225,516 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2042 is on Wednesday, February 5, 2042 at 01:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 21, 2042 at 20:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 21, 204220:42
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 28, 204212:49

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2042 to the new moon of February 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.46 days.