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The Moon on Saturday, January 22, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on January 22, 2011Waning Gibbous

Saturday 22 January 2011362,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
362,956 km225,530 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 19, 201121:22
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 26, 201112:57

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Saturday, January 22, 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.