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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 2079: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on January 2, 2079Waning Crescent

Monday 2 January 2079400,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 2079, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
400,936 km249,130 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2079 is on Sunday, December 18, 2078 at 23:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 26, 207801:16
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 3, 207906:50

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2078 to the new moon of January 3, 2079, a cycle of 29.78 days.