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The Moon on Friday, January 17, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on January 17, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 January 2014405,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 17, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
405,877 km252,200 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2014 is on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 04:52 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 16, 201404:52
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 24, 201405:19

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Friday, January 17, 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.