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The Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 2048Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 January 2048397,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 21, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.6% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
397,446 km246,961 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2048 is on Friday, January 31, 2048 at 00:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 15, 2048 at 11:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 15, 204811:32
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 22, 204821:56

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Tuesday, January 21, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2048 to the new moon of February 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.54 days.