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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2030: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 2030Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 January 2030364,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
364,733 km226,635 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2030 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 4, 2030 at 02:50 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 28, 202909:49
New Moon (after)Friday, January 4, 203002:50

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2029 to the new moon of January 4, 2030, a cycle of 29.50 days.