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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on January 1, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 January 2053362,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
362,913 km225,503 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2053 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 29, 205202:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 4, 205317:46

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2052 to the new moon of January 19, 2053, a cycle of 29.79 days.