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The Moon on Monday, January 3, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on January 3, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Monday 3 January 2050389,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 3, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
389,256 km241,873 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2050 is on Saturday, January 8, 2050 at 01:39 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 24, 2049 at 17:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 31, 204908:53
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 8, 205001:39

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Monday, January 3, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2049 to the new moon of January 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.46 days.