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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 2012Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 January 2012376,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
376,566 km233,987 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.