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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 2029: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on January 5, 2029Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 January 2029368,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 2029, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
368,946 km229,252 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2029 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 14, 2029 at 17:25 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 31, 202816:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 7, 202913:26

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 2029 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2028 to the new moon of January 14, 2029, a cycle of 29.64 days.