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The Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2087: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on January 2, 2087Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 January 2087394,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 2, 2087, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
394,402 km245,070 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2087 is on Friday, December 20, 2086 at 08:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 2087 at 22:11 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 27, 208621:58
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 4, 208722:11

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Thursday, January 2, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2086 to the new moon of January 4, 2087, a cycle of 29.68 days.