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The Moon on Saturday, January 7, 2051: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on January 7, 2051Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 January 2051396,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 7, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
396,705 km246,501 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 2051 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 12, 2051 at 18:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 5, 205104:29
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 12, 205118:58

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Saturday, January 7, 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.