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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on January 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 January 2013403,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
403,111 km250,482 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 18, 201323:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 27, 201304:39

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.