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The Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 2074: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on January 2, 2074Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 January 2074393,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 2, 2074, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
393,525 km244,525 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2074 is on Saturday, January 13, 2074 at 06:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 2073 at 16:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 28, 207316:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 5, 207406:18

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Tuesday, January 2, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 2073 to the new moon of January 27, 2074, a cycle of 29.57 days.