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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on January 29, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 January 1999371,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
371,876 km231,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 24, 199919:15
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.