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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 2056: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on January 15, 2056Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 January 2056377,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
377,010 km234,263 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2056 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.