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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2048: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on January 9, 2048Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 January 2048371,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
371,015 km230,538 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2048 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 8, 204818:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 15, 204811:32

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 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.