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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 2056Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 January 2056396,909 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
396,909 km246,628 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2056 is on Tuesday, February 1, 2056 at 12:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 16, 205622:11
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 24, 205620:21

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 2056 to the new moon of February 15, 2056, a cycle of 29.66 days.