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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 20, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 January 2005402,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
402,061 km249,829 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 17, 200506:58
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 25, 200510:33

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.