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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 2024: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on January 5, 2024Waning Crescent

Friday 5 January 2024395,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
395,735 km245,899 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2024 is on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 00:33 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 4, 202403:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 11, 202411:57

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2023 to the new moon of January 11, 2024, a cycle of 29.52 days.