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The Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on January 4, 2051Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 January 2051404,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 4, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
404,277 km251,206 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2051 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 12, 2051 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Wednesday, January 4, 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.