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The Moon on Monday, January 1, 2046: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 1, 2046Waning Crescent

Monday 1 January 2046378,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 1, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
378,773 km235,359 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2046 is on Sunday, December 24, 2045 at 00:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 2046 at 04:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, December 30, 204518:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 7, 204604:24

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Monday, January 1, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 2045 to the new moon of January 7, 2046, a cycle of 29.70 days.