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The Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2073: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on January 5, 2073Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 January 2073381,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 5, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
381,551 km237,085 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2073 is on Sunday, December 25, 2072 at 07:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 8, 2073 at 08:11 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 1, 207303:27
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 8, 207308:11

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Thursday, January 5, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2072 to the new moon of January 8, 2073, a cycle of 29.63 days.