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The Moon on Friday, January 1, 2027: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on January 1, 2027Waning Crescent

Friday 1 January 2027393,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 1, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
393,888 km244,751 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2027 is on Thursday, December 24, 2026 at 01:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 2027 at 20:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 30, 202619:00
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 7, 202720:25

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Friday, January 1, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2026 to the new moon of January 7, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.