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The Moon on Sunday, January 23, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on January 23, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 January 2011364,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 23, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
364,307 km226,370 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Sunday, January 23, 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.