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The Moon on Friday, January 25, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on January 25, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 January 2013401,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 25, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
401,116 km249,242 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 19:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Friday, January 25, 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.