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The Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2016: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 2016Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 January 2016403,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
403,604 km250,788 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2016 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 2, 201605:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 10, 201601:31

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Sunday, January 3, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.