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The Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 28, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 January 2010360,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 28, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
360,067 km223,735 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Thursday, January 28, 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.