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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2081: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Last Quarter at

08:32UTC

Moon phase on January 2, 2081Last Quarter

Thursday 2 January 2081376,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 2081, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
376,809 km234,138 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2081 is on Thursday, December 26, 2080 at 17:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 2081 at 01:02 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 26, 208017:03
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 2, 208108:32
New Moon (after)Friday, January 10, 208101:02

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 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.