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The Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 3, 2051Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 January 2051404,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 3, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
404,275 km251,205 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2051 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 12, 2051 at 18:58 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 28, 205005:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 5, 205104:29

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Tuesday, January 3, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2050 to the new moon of January 12, 2051, a cycle of 29.57 days.