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The Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on January 5, 2056Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 January 2056376,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 5, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
376,581 km233,997 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2056 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 2, 205622:06
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 9, 205623:14

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Wednesday, January 5, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.