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The Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 4, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 January 2042384,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 4, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
384,252 km238,763 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2042 is on Monday, January 6, 2042 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 2041 at 08:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 30, 204103:46
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 6, 204208:54

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Saturday, January 4, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2041 to the new moon of January 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.52 days.