Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°
Moon age
13.6days
Moon phase on January 1, 1999Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, January 1, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
365,960 km227,397 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 1, 1999 is on Saturday, January 2, 1999 at 02:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1998 at 22:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, December 26, 1998 | 10:46 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, January 2, 1999 | 02:50 |
The Moon around January 1
More about this date
Friday, January 1, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1998 to the new moon of January 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.71 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.