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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on January 26, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 January 2010369,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
369,914 km229,854 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.