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The Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2078: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Last Quarter at

05:05UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 2078Last Quarter

Thursday 6 January 2078404,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 6, 2078, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
404,286 km251,212 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2078 is on Wednesday, December 29, 2077 at 10:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 2078 at 01:14 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 29, 207710:45
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 6, 207805:05
New Moon (after)Friday, January 14, 207801:14

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Thursday, January 6, 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.