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The Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2051: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Last Quarter at

04:29UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 2051Last Quarter

Thursday 5 January 2051402,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 5, 2051, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
402,973 km250,396 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2051 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 12, 2051 at 18:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 28, 205005:15
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 5, 205104:29
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 12, 205118:58

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Thursday, January 5, 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.