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The Moon on Monday, January 24, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 24, 2011Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 January 2011366,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 24, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,765 km227,897 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Monday, January 24, 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.