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The Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on January 30, 2013Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 January 2013385,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
385,623 km239,615 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 27, 201304:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 3, 201313:56

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Wednesday, January 30, 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.