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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2030: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on January 3, 2030Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 January 2030366,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
366,608 km227,800 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2030 is on Thursday, December 20, 2029 at 22:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 4, 2030 at 02:50 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 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.