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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on January 15, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 January 2014406,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
406,417 km252,536 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.