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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2053: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on January 17, 2053Waning Crescent

Friday 17 January 2053405,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
405,461 km251,942 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2053 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 2053 at 23:12 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 11, 205318:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 19, 205323:12

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2052 to the new moon of January 19, 2053, a cycle of 29.79 days.