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The Moon on Friday, January 4, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 2013Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 January 2013380,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 4, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
380,410 km236,376 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2013 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 28, 201210:21
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 5, 201303:58

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Friday, January 4, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2012 to the new moon of January 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.46 days.