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The Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2011: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

New Moon at

09:03UTC

Moon phase on January 4, 2011New Moon

Tuesday 4 January 2011390,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 4, 2011, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
390,915 km242,903 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2011 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 28, 201004:19
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 4, 201109:03
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 12, 201111:32

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.