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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2048: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Last Quarter at

18:49UTC

Moon phase on January 8, 2048Last Quarter

Wednesday 8 January 2048374,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 2048, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
374,533 km232,724 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2048 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 1, 204806:57
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 8, 204818:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 15, 204811:32

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 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.