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The Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on January 3, 2040Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 January 2040399,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 3, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
399,054 km247,960 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2040 is on Friday, December 30, 2039 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 30, 203912:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 7, 204011:06

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Tuesday, January 3, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2039 to the new moon of January 14, 2040, a cycle of 29.45 days.