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The Moon on Friday, January 5, 2046: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on January 5, 2046Waning Crescent

Friday 5 January 2046392,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 5, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
392,319 km243,775 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2046 is on Sunday, December 24, 2045 at 00:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 7, 2046 at 04:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Friday, January 5, 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.