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The Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on January 18, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 January 2011371,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
371,751 km230,995 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 09:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Tuesday, January 18, 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.