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The Moon on Thursday, January 3, 2047: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 2047Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 January 2047403,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 3, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
403,874 km250,956 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2047 is on Saturday, January 12, 2047 at 01:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 27, 2046 at 10:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 27, 204610:39
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 4, 204705:31

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Thursday, January 3, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 2046 to the new moon of January 26, 2047, a cycle of 29.63 days.