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The Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 14, 2012Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 January 2012372,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
372,600 km231,523 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 2012 is on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 07:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Saturday, January 14, 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.