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The Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 2036: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 2036Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 January 2036403,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 2, 2036, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
403,605 km250,789 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2036 is on Sunday, January 13, 2036 at 11:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 29, 2035 at 14:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 29, 203514:31
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 6, 203617:48

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Wednesday, January 2, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2035 to the new moon of January 28, 2036, a cycle of 29.82 days.