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The Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on January 1, 2081Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 January 2081372,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 1, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
372,230 km231,293 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2081 is on Thursday, December 26, 2080 at 17:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 2081 at 01:02 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 26, 208017:03
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 2, 208108:32

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Wednesday, January 1, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2080 to the new moon of January 10, 2081, a cycle of 29.74 days.