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The Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2088: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 21, 2088Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 January 2088401,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 21, 2088, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
401,499 km249,480 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2088 is on Thursday, January 8, 2088 at 09:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 23, 2088 at 19:38 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 15, 208815:13
New Moon (after)Friday, January 23, 208819:38

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Wednesday, January 21, 2088 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 2087 to the new moon of January 23, 2088, a cycle of 29.75 days.