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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 2, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 January 2053359,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
359,626 km223,461 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2053 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 21, 2052 at 04:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 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.