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The Moon on Monday, January 17, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on January 17, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 January 2011376,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
376,953 km234,227 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Monday, January 17, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.