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The Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on January 11, 2012Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 January 2012379,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
379,264 km235,664 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Wednesday, January 11, 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.