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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2056: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on January 12, 2056Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 January 2056371,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
371,017 km230,539 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2056 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 9, 205623:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 16, 205622:11

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.