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The Moon on Monday, January 21, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 21, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 January 2013404,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,794 km251,527 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Monday, January 21, 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.