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The Moon on Friday, January 3, 2081: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on January 3, 2081Waning Crescent

Friday 3 January 2081381,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 3, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 37.8% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
381,397 km236,989 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2081 is on Thursday, December 26, 2080 at 17:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 2081 at 01:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 2, 208108:32
New Moon (after)Friday, January 10, 208101:02

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Friday, January 3, 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.