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The Moon on Sunday, January 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on January 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 January 2010382,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
382,347 km237,579 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 23, 201010:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 30, 201006:18

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Sunday, January 24, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.