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The Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 15, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 January 1984374,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 15, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
374,976 km232,999 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Sunday, January 15, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.