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The Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on January 5, 2044Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 January 2044389,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 5, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
389,039 km241,738 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2044 is on Thursday, January 14, 2044 at 18:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 31, 2043 at 09:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 31, 204309:48
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 8, 204404:02

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Tuesday, January 5, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 2043 to the new moon of January 30, 2044, a cycle of 29.76 days.