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The Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on January 3, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 January 2072367,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 3, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
367,652 km228,448 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2072 is on Tuesday, January 5, 2072 at 18:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 21, 2071 at 11:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 29, 207117:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 5, 207218:13

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Sunday, January 3, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2071 to the new moon of January 20, 2072, a cycle of 29.78 days.