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The Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 21, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 January 2072406,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 21, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
406,437 km252,548 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 20, 207206:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 28, 207210:36

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Thursday, January 21, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.