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The Moon on Friday, January 6, 2079: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on January 6, 2079Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 January 2079388,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 6, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
388,874 km241,635 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2079 is on Tuesday, January 17, 2079 at 11:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 2079 at 06:50 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 3, 207906:50
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 10, 207918:29

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Friday, January 6, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 2079 to the new moon of February 1, 2079, a cycle of 29.70 days.