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The Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 10, 2012Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 January 2012382,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
382,437 km237,635 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 10, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 9, 201207:30
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 16, 201209:08

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2011 to the new moon of January 23, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.