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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on January 12, 2001Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 January 2001361,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
361,360 km224,539 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 9, 200120:24
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 16, 200112:35

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 2000 to the new moon of January 24, 2001, a cycle of 29.82 days.