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The Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on January 5, 2078Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 January 2078403,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 5, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,843 km250,936 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 2078 is on Wednesday, December 29, 2077 at 10:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 2078 at 01:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 29, 207710:45
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 6, 207805:05

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Wednesday, January 5, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 2077 to the new moon of January 14, 2078, a cycle of 29.63 days.