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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 17, 2048Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 January 2048376,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
376,427 km233,901 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2048 is on Friday, January 31, 2048 at 00:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 15, 204811:32
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 22, 204821:56

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2048 to the new moon of February 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.54 days.