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The Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on January 4, 2028Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 January 2028399,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 4, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
399,303 km248,115 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2028 is on Wednesday, January 12, 2028 at 04:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 2027 at 20:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 27, 202720:12
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 5, 202801:41

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Tuesday, January 4, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2027 to the new moon of January 26, 2028, a cycle of 29.79 days.