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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on January 3, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 January 2018359,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
359,088 km223,127 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2018 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 02:17 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 2, 201802:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 8, 201822:25

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.