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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 3, 2025Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 January 2025374,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
374,784 km232,880 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2025 is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 22:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 30, 202422:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 6, 202523:56

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 2024 to the new moon of January 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.59 days.