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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2081: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on January 8, 2081Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 January 2081399,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
399,585 km248,290 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2081 is on Thursday, December 26, 2080 at 17:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 10, 2081 at 01:02 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 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.