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The Moon on Thursday, January 24, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 January 2013403,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
403,280 km250,586 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Thursday, January 24, 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.