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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on January 2, 2048Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 January 2048395,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
395,438 km245,714 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2048 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 1, 204806:57
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 8, 204818:49

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2047 to the new moon of January 15, 2048, a cycle of 29.50 days.