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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 2072: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 2072Waning Crescent

Friday 15 January 2072394,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
394,132 km244,902 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2072 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 12, 207209:54
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 20, 207206:35

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2071 to the new moon of January 20, 2072, a cycle of 29.78 days.