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The Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2072: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on January 17, 2072Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 January 2072400,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
400,638 km248,945 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2072 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Sunday, January 17, 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.