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The Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2043: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Last Quarter at

06:08UTC

Moon phase on January 3, 2043Last Quarter

Saturday 3 January 2043403,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 3, 2043, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
403,401 km250,662 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2043 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 11, 2043 at 06:53 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 26, 204217:43
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 3, 204306:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 11, 204306:53

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Saturday, January 3, 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.