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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2048: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on January 12, 2048Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 January 2048363,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
363,991 km226,173 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2048 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.