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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on January 12, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 January 2014402,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
402,205 km249,918 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 8, 201403:39
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 16, 201404:52

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 2014 to the new moon of January 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.