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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2056Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 January 2056404,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
404,240 km251,183 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2056 is on Tuesday, February 1, 2056 at 12:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.