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The Moon on Monday, January 4, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on January 4, 2021Waning Gibbous

Monday 4 January 2021375,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 4, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
375,970 km233,617 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2021 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 30, 202003:28
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 6, 202109:37

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Monday, January 4, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.