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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 2043: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 2043Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 January 2043401,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
401,040 km249,195 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2043 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 2043 at 06:53 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 204217:43
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 3, 204306:08

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2042 to the new moon of January 11, 2043, a cycle of 29.68 days.