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The Moon on Friday, January 22, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 22, 2072Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 January 2072406,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 22, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
406,316 km252,473 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Friday, January 22, 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.