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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 2068: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 2068Waning Crescent

Monday 2 January 2068375,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
375,563 km233,364 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2068 is on Tuesday, December 20, 2067 at 15:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 2068 at 02:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 28, 206719:10
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 5, 206802:38

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2067 to the new moon of January 5, 2068, a cycle of 29.52 days.