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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2038: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 6, 2038Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 January 2038386,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
386,881 km240,396 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2038 is on Thursday, January 21, 2038 at 04:00 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 2038 at 13:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 5, 203813:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 13, 203812:34

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 2038 to the new moon of February 4, 2038, a cycle of 29.67 days.