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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on January 6, 2068Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 January 2068361,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
361,502 km224,627 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2068 is on Thursday, January 19, 2068 at 09:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 2068 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 5, 206802:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 11, 206817:47

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 2068 to the new moon of February 3, 2068, a cycle of 29.46 days.