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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on January 8, 2042Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 January 2042398,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
398,083 km247,357 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2042 is on Monday, January 6, 2042 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 21, 2042 at 20:42 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 6, 204208:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 14, 204211:24

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 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.